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...brain center of U.S. Army air power. Some of their names were still secret, but among them are men like 1) thin, nervous Dr. Alexander Lippisch, butterfly collector, landscape painter, lute player, and designer of the Messerschmitt 163 rocket plane, 2) blond, ruddy Dr. Hans Heinrich, inventor of the ribbon parachute, 3) Russian-born Dr. Eugen Ryschkewitsch, world authority on heat-resisting ceramics. Other new workers at Wright Field: German aerodynamicists, wind-tunnel men, instrument men and experts on all the complexities of modern aviation...
...bare legged "Cliffsters yielded not so much as a hair ribbon for three periods. Desperate in the closing minutes of the struggle, the quarterback of the Charles River Chargers called a squeeze play on the next pitch. The center was low and outside and in the shower roam he said it was the "Christmas Night" perfume of the Radcliffe left tackle that made him score a touchdown in the wrong end song...
...years later a ribbon of road was slowly unwinding eastward from India. It was Stilwell's road back. His uniform was the same, except that now he wore a Chinese cap. He was always too close to the front to wear the stars of his rank. Once, as he passed a working party of U.S Negro engineer troops, one remarked: "Look at that poor old man. Some draft boards will do anything...
...exhibits, none attracted more attention than the entries in the political section. Illinois farmers, sweltering through hot, humid days, got a look at assorted bosses and water carriers, each a ribbon winner in his class...
...four brawling wards north of Kansas City's 31st Street, Pendergast lieutenants energetically rounded up 12,000 voters, who started Enos Axtell off with a whopping 10,000-vote lead. In one blue ribbon precinct 430 out of 529 registered voters obediently trooped to the polls, 395 of them for Candidate Axtell. It was a handicap Roger Slaughter could not beat, even after winning the nine other wards in the District. The final, unofficial returns: Axtell, 20,424; Slaughter...