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But Tooey was anxious to make a start on his greatest assignment: knocking the props from under the German air force. His plan was ready, with six top-priority factories listed for destruction in the first paralyzing blow.

Author: /time Magazine | Title: BATTLE OF EUROPE: The Man Who Paved the Way | 6/12/1944 | See Source »

Surprised Planned Parenthood officials last week admitted that the Eastman report had knocked the props from under their Two-Year Plan, thought that new research on the question is much needed.

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Medicine: One Every Year? | 5/22/1944 | See Source »

In 1889, when N.A.W.A. was founded, it was next to impossible for a woman artist to get her work professionally exhibited. Last week most of the 288 exhibitors no longer needed the props of cooperative feminism which drew their predecessors together. They showed their work with calm professionalism, asked prices...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Art: N.A.W.A.'s 52nd | 4/24/1944 | See Source »

While the Wright brothers were still making their fledgling, flights, Inventor Turnbull was building Canada's first wind tunnel. Later he concentrated on aircraft propellers. To test homemade ones, he constructed a 300-ft. railway, mounted props on flatcars, learned which kinds had the greatest pull. His neighbors thought...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Canada at War: THE MARITIMES: The Tides and the Dream | 4/3/1944 | See Source »

"We swept out to sea echeloned in a single long line to the right, then dropped down until the ocean surface almost touched the bellies of our planes and the props lifted spray into the air, filling our mouths with a salty taste. . . . The first sign of action was a...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: World Battlefronts: BATTLE OF ASIA: On the Nose | 12/6/1943 | See Source »

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