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...next stop was Kansas City, Kans., and the DC-6 arrived over Kansas City in the midst of a heavy rainstorm. For 75 minutes the plane circled. Then it made one hair-raising pass at the field and pulled up again. The final landing was a thriller. The pilot came down in thick rain through pitch blackness, hit the runway with engines roaring and bounced 50 feet into the air before settling back. It was 3 .a.m. before Ike got to bed in Kansas City's Town House...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: National Affairs: Just the Beginning | 9/1/1952 | See Source »

...years, barring inflation, similar houses may cost less. But so far as many architects are concerned, price is not quite as important as spaciousness and freedom. With its glass walls, the successful modern house "encloses" the whole outdoors. Said the owner of a glassy palace outside Portland, Ore.: "A rainstorm used to depress us. Now it's a show...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Art: Walling in the Outdoors | 8/11/1952 | See Source »

...Hero. With a flash of lightning and a roll of thunder, the season's worst rainstorm began; the drenched and naked boy dozed fitfully, dreamed and woke...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: INDIANA: The Climber | 5/19/1952 | See Source »

AMHERST, April 25--A disappointed varsity baseball team checked in here tonight after travelling from Sprinfigeld, where a heavy rainstorm and wet grounds had forced cancellation of today's scheduled game at Springfield College...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Crimson 9 Plays Amherst Following Springfield Rest | 4/26/1952 | See Source »

...rugby team lost to McGill University, 3 to 0, last Saturday in a game which sometimes resembled water polo. With the football and soccer matches called off, and Soldiers Field closed because of the rainstorm, the ruggers had to play their international match on the municipal ground adjoining the WBZ television studios...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: McGill Ruggers Beat Crimson, 3-0, In Rain-Soaked International Match | 11/5/1951 | See Source »

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