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...thermometer can tell within half an hour after sunset how cold it will be by morning. It draws a running picture of the clouds that pass overhead, records breaks and thickenings. It also indicates upper-air humidity, precursor of cloud patches the next...
...though the French might be greater fighters, the Italians were those who understood statecraft. Far from being completely crushed (as any French Premier would have been) by his military disappointment, heartsick Premier Mussolini set about trying to make his military lemon into diplomatic lemonade. To his and his Florentine precursor's credit, Mussolini has done a pretty good job of it. As of last week the most important single question in Europe's war had more than ever become: What will Italy...
Action by the Business School may indeed have been a precursor of further steps toward student employment in the dining halls. The idea has possibilities. Recurring criticism of some waitresses; the need for economy; and the unsatisfied student demand for term-time work all point to the same conclusion...
...fortnight got orders totaling $3,000,000 for DC-3s from American Airlines, Chicago & Southern Air Lines, and Braniff Airways, recently sold $3,000,000 worth of big DC-4s to United Air Lines. Lockheed has an order for $180,000 worth of commercial planes for Venezuela-possibly a precursor of other big South American orders...
...miles from starting point, she taxied across Auckland, New Zealand's handsome, big harbor, fit as a fiddle, her test passed 100%. Proudly wired Pilot Tilton: "We received a warm and enthusiastic greeting from our friends 'down under' who welcomed the California Clipper as a precursor of an air service putting New Zealand within four days of the United States." When she gets her CAA certificate, she will start a bi-monthly service, reinforced by the Honolulu and American Clippers...