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With the routine efficiency of a precision instrument, Capital Airlines' Flight 410 took off from the Pittsburgh airport and headed east for Washington toward a soupy sea of cloud. It was 5:20 p.m. (E.S.T.). Aboard the DC-4 were 50 people -the crew of three, a baby and...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: DISASTER: Flight 410 | 6/23/1947 | See Source »

In McCormick's cavernous, walnut-paneled 24th floor office, guarded by two secretaries and one of the Trib's 45 pistol-packing cops, the daily schedule ticks off with military precision. First come Leon Stolz with his squad of editorial writers, and Carey Orr with his crew of...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Press: The Colonel's Century | 6/9/1947 | See Source »

While the comparison is not exact, few could deny that Economics A could be made more palatable. A less careful attitude toward technicalities and a broader study of problems would create the atmosphere which the government of history concentrator now misses, while his knowledge of the field would have perspective...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Effect of Demand | 5/16/1947 | See Source »

Thus far, observations during eclipses have confirmed Einstein. But the exact amount that a star's light bends has varied from eclipse to eclipse because of changes in the density of the upper atmosphere. This year, the scientists, with their passion for precision, will study the atmosphere right up...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Science: Big Blackout | 5/12/1947 | See Source »

As a $9-a-week switchman on the Brooklyn Bridge, Andy Varipapa used to jog back & forth across the bridge every day to develop his legs. In the finals of a recent Chicago tournament, 16 crack bowlers had to roll a grueling 64 games in four days. Varipapa, though 53...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Sport: The Greatest | 5/5/1947 | See Source »

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