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Near Mt. Palomar's forested upper slopes thick fog drifted over the road and hail hissed out of the clouds. The three trucks groped through it fearfully, for a skid might have rolled both trucks and mirror down the steep mountainside. Then, as the mirror neared the observatory dome-shining like frosted silver and big as a railroad roundhouse-a shaft of brilliant sunlight broke through the clouds. The nearest star, the sun, was friendly...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Science: Hope Rides a Truck | 12/1/1947 | See Source »

...Other tips: ¶ Wellesley : "The major pastime is long walks . . . with a little ingenuity you can stay lost all day." ¶ Skidmore: "A few precautions should be taken. . . . All is lost, if you try to take in the ponies [Skidmore is at Saratoga Springs] and the Skid girls the same weekend. They both flash those big brown eyes, and you're a broken man." ¶ Bryn Mawr: "Traditional hangout of scholarly women. . . . But girls are girls, these are just a little smarter." ¶ Bennington: ". . . The rules for progressive education clearly state that girls can party all night...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Education: Girls Are Girls | 11/17/1947 | See Source »

...instant, the plane was virtually stationary. We could feel it shudder as the engines clawed at the wall of rain and wind. Then it began to skid sidewise...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: WEATHER: The Hole in the Doughnut | 9/22/1947 | See Source »

...Denver up to 350%. In San Francisco, an old-age pensioner sharing a single room had his rent boosted from $25 to $40 a month. In Chicago, a third-rate hotel jumped rooms from $7 a week to $17.50. Even the flophouses along Detroit's grimy Skid Row upped dormitory beds from 30? a night...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: HOUSING: Going Up | 7/14/1947 | See Source »

...band was wide enough, with a low-range baritone sax and plenty of trombone on one end, and a couple of trumpet men who could skid up to high F on the other, so that he could spread the chords. His music was carefully arranged except for solos. The Duke says "being able to repeat your solo is to me a virtue," a clear violation of the jazz fancier's shibboleth that only the improvised is inspired...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Music: The Duke | 5/19/1947 | See Source »

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