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...much time, money and sweat the U.S. must put into getting "the right airplane to the right place at the right time." In World War II, with the PSI Mustang, and in Korea, with the F-86 Sabre, it almost looked as though somebody had pulled a rabbit out of a hat. Says Dutch Kindelberger: "Nobody ever pulled a rabbit out of a hat without carefully putting one there in the first place...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: AVIATION: The Cats of MIG Alley | 6/29/1953 | See Source »

...crafty carp: rabbit pâté sweetened with sugar or honey...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Books: Advice from an Expert | 6/29/1953 | See Source »

Last week the governor signed the bill into law, with the quiet comment that this was "a victory for the people over a group that had more or less its own way for a long, long time." With that, McCarty had about caught up with Johnston's rabbit. The new law will cost the four Johnston dog-racing tracks $417,625 a year...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: FLORIDA: Catching the Rabbit | 6/8/1953 | See Source »

...superstition that makes Lloyd Jordan avoid black cats. "I don't like cats anyway," he explains. In fact Lloyd Jordan claims to be entirely free of superstitions. "Even if I wanted to wear a rabbit's foot, my dog woudn't let me," notes the football coach...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Superstitious Coaches Depend on Barbers, Lucky Clothes in Hopes of Repeating Wins | 4/16/1953 | See Source »

...most remarkable case cited by Dr. Levin involves a hunter and a rabbit: "A rabbit came into view and [the hunter] raised his gun to shoot; but suddenly his arms and neck began to quiver and in his own words, 'everything gave way under me and I squatted like a wet rag.' He had to abandon hunting because [whenever] a rabbit jumped up he would lose muscular tone and fall to the ground...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Medicine: The Smiter Smitten | 4/6/1953 | See Source »

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