Word: sky
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...have only Mr. Ruben's word for it that "Ace of Aces" is not plagiarism, but anyone who remembers "Wings," "The Sky Hawk" and other pictures of their ilk, will begin to question the gentleman's veracity. One might even believe that "Ace of Aces" was produced when air-warfare extravaganzas--were in vogue, and that Radio Pictures hesitated to inflict it on audiences until more successful brethren had been forgotten. Engines roar, sputter, machine guns bark, and planes go down in flames, but the only redeeming feature is Richard Dix. Even worshippers of the red corpuscles however, might...
...others except his own? In Berlin last week General Göring, famed for his dashing appearances at Nazi rallies in swank uniforms created by himself, chose to appear before the Supreme Court in the unadorned brown of a simple Storm Trooper, escorted however by six German officers in sky-blue uniforms with gleaming, clinking swords. For the occasion police guards were doubled. Into the gallery jammed Berlin's diplomatic corps (including U. S. History-Professor-Ambassador William E. Dodd) and about half the Nazi Cabinet. Except for the six red-robed judges every German in the courtroom leaped...
...tongue of land protruding south-west toward Asia, dribbling the Aleutian Islands from its end. It is a Dantesque region of ice and fire. Out of cracks in its glaciers spurts steam from the muttering cauldrons below. Rivers run blood-red with oxide of iron. Mighty volcanoes darken the sky with smoke and ash and litter the land with grotesque shapes of lava. It is the land of Aniakchak. world's largest active crater, within whose bliz-zard-beaten rim, 21 mi. around, a lesser volcano raises its snout and a placid lake nestles. It is the unofficial domain...
...deducted from the loan when made and because the loan is repaid in regular instalments, the borrower pays about 17% for the money that he actually uses. But that is better than the 42% of personal finance companies and a far cry from the loan shark to whom the sky is no limit. Last week the genial, oracular founder of Morris Plan Banks released a bigger & better Morris bank plan...
...larger comets and is not so moved by the discovery of invisible ones to which the field has of late been reduced From the scientific point of view the recording of comets is important so that general laws can be made for a hitherto mysterious dement in the sky. It was once figured that people devoting full time to the search for comets spent on the average 400 hours of actual observation between each discovery...