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...roared down toward the first tank, a Russian-made T-34, and Loranger laid a 500-lb. fragmentation bomb right behind her. The tank was engulfed in smoke and dirt. Ensign Profilet's plane followed with another 500-pounder. Just to make sure, Loranger clobbered her with a third bomb and we went after the truck. On his first run, Loranger came down with his cannon wide open, then pulled out of his dive and laid a bomb right in the truck bed. As we pulled up, we discovered he had not only disintegrated the truck but had also...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Showboat | 9/11/1950 | See Source »

...pounder drinking on an empty stomach reaches this limit on an average highball, Martini, or quart of beer...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: NORWAY: Sober & Silly | 6/26/1950 | See Source »

...West Coast the home-grown male often seems to run to an angular, muscular 6 ft. 3 in. 175-pounder who likes to lose himself in the anonymity of a number in an eight-oared shell. Each February hordes of them report to Washington Coach Al Ulbrickson and California's Ky Ebright; each June one or the other of the Western crews manages to give the East a rowing lesson. Only twice in the past 18 years has the West failed to win the big Intercollegiate Rowing Association regatta at Poughkeepsie...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Sport: Go West, Young Oarsman | 6/26/1950 | See Source »

Felton, a six-foot-two 190-pounder, established the record in a damp and windy setting. An official called a foul on another heave which would have broken all records by an American and Felton was surprised at the call. Reporters at the meet said it was "almost invisible" it Felton's foot stepped over the seven-foot circle. The invalid throw measured 190 feet, 2 1-2 inches...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Felton Tosses Hammer Over 187 Feet in N. Y. A. C. Games | 6/5/1950 | See Source »

Howdy Doody is long on action and short on coherence. Smith, a six-foot 200-pounder, delights his juveniles by chasing, and being chased by, the clown Clarabell, taking pratfalls, and getting squirted in the eye with seltzer water. In his new role of Buffalo Bob, great white chief of the Sigafoose Indians, Smith has traded in his lion tamer's suit for fringed buckskin, but still struggles manfully with such gadgets as the Plapdoodle and the Scopedoodle. To keep things moving he plays the piano, accordion, drums, organ, guitar, ukulele, string bass, trumpet, saxophone, clarinet, trombone, tuba...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Radio: Six-Foot Baby-Sitter | 3/27/1950 | See Source »

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