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...sense that the bill was now virtually gutted of all logic, he was dead right. In rushed Missouri's Dewey Short to make the most of the opportunity. "Mr. Chairman," said Short, "we have just witnessed a complete somersault, a total handspring and an absolute about-face . . . We were told all during the hearings, by the proponents of this measure, that we must get U.M.T. started now in order to be able to build up this reserve, and as we built up this reserve gradually, then we would reduce gradually the number in the active service under the draft...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: THE CONGRESS: Death by Compromise | 3/17/1952 | See Source »

...plot is simply incredible--something about a girl aerialist who, when spurned by her sawdust impressario for a sick hippo, falls head over heels in love with a daring young man who falls head over heels off his 60 foot trapeze and does a triple somersault into the hospital...

Author: By Donald Carswell, | Title: The Greatest Show On Earth | 3/15/1952 | See Source »

...horizontal tail. All the necessary controls except the rudder, they say, can be built into its trailing edge. And a fast-acting electronic auto-pilot can be added to stop the bucking and pitching that have been known to flip a tailless plane into the beginning of a fatal somersault. But the GA-5, as an added measure of safety, carries a small delta tail high on its rakish...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Science: Flying Triangle | 1/28/1952 | See Source »

Left: Butler drives through the scissors made by Mabry, who is supported by Briggs. After he clears the scissors in this stunt Butler does a somersault in midair and lands on his feet. session. During games this stunt is perhaps the most frequent because, not taking much space or time, it can be done at the end of cheers...

Author: By Roger M. Burke, | Title: Cheerleaders Prepare for Big Tilt | 11/25/1950 | See Source »

...second prize picture by Levy was an action shot taken at the first Dartmouth hockey game in the Boston Arena last year. Zoitlin's third prize photograph showed a Harvard diver doing a backward somersault...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Crimson Photo Wins 1st Prize | 11/30/1949 | See Source »

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