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...went on to say what a terrific guy her husband was and how the 16- and 17-year-old infants on his team had mauled everybody they played last fall. At any rate, whoever gets the job--Valpey, Glassford, Jordan, or even Skip Stahley--he will have to get it pretty soon. Time is running...

Author: By Stephen N. Cady, | Title: Egg in Your Beer | 2/11/1948 | See Source »

...gradual passing of such clowns and demagogues as Theodore Bilbo, John Rankin, Eugene Talmadge, there was reason to believe that political responsibility was growing in the South. But the very sound of Earl Long's gravel voice was enough to cause the city's heart to skip a beat. So Sam Jones's fight was also Chep Morrison's fight...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: LOUISIANA: Old Girl's New Boy | 11/24/1947 | See Source »

...Laboratories. The cableless cable uses microwaves about 7½ cm. long, which are not affected by weather, static or most kinds of man-made interference. The waves move in straight lines and refuse to curve with the earth, so they cannot make Boston in one jump. The telephone people skip them from hilltop to hilltop...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Science: Eight Jumps to Boston | 11/24/1947 | See Source »

Following graduation, Kopp left the gridiron for three years, returning to the gridiron only in 1937 to assume a coaching job at Northeastern. He stayed with the Huskies three years, but when his friend and former coach at Western Maryland, Skip Stahley, went to Brown as head coach, Kopp went to Providence with him. This job he held until 1942, when he was called from the reserves into the army as a lieutenant...

Author: By Stanley J. Friedman, | Title: Instinct Is Key to Line Play, Says Coach Kopp | 10/4/1947 | See Source »

Last fortnight, Colonial asked CAB if it wouldn't just skip the hearing and issue an order one way or the other. In support of its free-ski policy, Colonial added: "Skis are standard apparel for many people during many months of the year. To charge extra for a pair of skis would be tantamount to charging extra for a pair of overshoes." But at week's end, ponderous CAB had not yet terminated or illuminated its obscuration...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Business: The Free Ski Case | 9/8/1947 | See Source »

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