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...system, far more elaborate, will do much more. It will guide the pilot down a glide path directly to the runway. At intervals, radio markers will tell him his position upon it. The new system will not only be safer but faster, reducing the tedious and dangerous "stacking up" which often clogs busy airports...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Science: Flying the Weather | 3/18/1946 | See Source »

Except for a brief period during the revolution when books were scattered to Andover, Concord, and other safer locations, Harvard Hall remained the college library until 1838. Then, Gore Hall, made possible by the unrestricted bequest of Christopher Gore, was built at a cost...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Formerly A Reading Room, Library Now Big Business | 12/14/1945 | See Source »

...Safer Than Autos? Colonel George...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: ADVERTISING: Down to Earth? | 12/3/1945 | See Source »

...still fairly strong. Reason: the plate that goes across the turtle's belly holds the sides of the shell together, keeps the turtle's house from caving in under pressure. The same kind of brace under the floors of arched-roofed hangars and arenas makes bigger and safer buildings possible...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Art: Nature Study | 10/8/1945 | See Source »

...Periston," a German-concocted synthetic chemical, was mixed with water and used by the Nazis as a blood plasma substitute. Periston resembles gelatin and gum acacia (sometimes used for the same purpose) but is safer than either - so say the Germans, who gave more than 200,000 treatments "with practically no reactions...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Medicine: Drug Notes, Oct. 8, 1945 | 10/8/1945 | See Source »

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