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Three grave officers-Lieutenants Barksdale, Lockwood, Amis-examined the laundry of London, pock-marked with gobs of oily dirt. Then the officers rendered their decision-the stains, fallen from heaven upon the sheets, were not oil, engine grease or any airplane droppings. No, the stains were mud. Perhaps it had been raining mud. This is exactly what had happened. In other cities the same phenomenon occurred. A high wind had carried dust into the atmosphere until saturation brought dust and water down together. . . . Flyers were vindicated...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: AERONAUTICS: In London | 6/21/1926 | See Source »

That collarless hooligan crew with pock-marked jowls...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: View with Alarm: Jan. 26, 1925 | 1/26/1925 | See Source »

...Story. Peter Pock, Jr., was born in a bed of roses with a silver spoon in his mouth...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Candide Recrudescens* | 7/7/1924 | See Source »

Thus, when the 12-year-old Peter said to his parent one day: "Papa, here is a picture called Immaculate Conception. What is Immaculate Conception?" the elder Pock replied smoothly: "That's the name of the lady, Peter...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Candide Recrudescens* | 7/7/1924 | See Source »

...Arthur K. Pock will deliver a lecture in the Living Room of the Union this evening at 8 o'clock on "The Storm Heroes of Our Coast." The lecture, open to members of the Union only, will be illustrated by stereopticon pictures...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: LECTURE IN UNION AT 8 | 10/9/1906 | See Source »

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