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...carriers began to count silently and slowly to 300 in order to bring the airliner, according to Polyak's calculation, to the westernmost point in its course. At the end of the count, Polyak leaped from his seat and headed for the pilot's compartment. The others sprang into action against their fellow passengers, laying about them right and left with wrenches, floorboards, fists. In a moment the vintage twin-engined Douglas transport became the scene of one of the greatest airborne free-for-alls in flying history. "We knew someone aboard the ship was a Communist security...
...Francisco's Republican Mayor George Christopher and Edward V. Mills, chairman of the Host Committee for the convention, took one horrified look and sprang into action. "I wouldn't say," reckoned the mayor, "that it's a very healthy way to depict the Republican Party." Eying the photo sharply, he concluded: "These three guys look like they've been kicked." Chairman Mills, noting that the cover was selected by Art Director Leo Mannheimer under the supervision of Public Relations Man Bruce Ellis, added: "These three guys in the statue were supposed to be agreeing on something...
...Sharett left Ben-Gurion's office, the chauffeur of his black Chrysler sprang to attention and began to open the door. Moshe Sharett shook his head violently, clasped the chauffeur's hand in farewell, and without a backward glance walked home to lunch...
...shoemaker's-children-have-no-shoes situation. The basement leaked for months without his taking any interest in it. Then, happily, one day during a strenuous spring thaw, it flooded to a depth of six inches. That was sufficient crisis to engage him. He sprang into action and within an hour a sump pump was making the house throb like an ocean liner...
...second freshman boat and two shells from Andover Academy sank ignobly to the bottom of the choppy Charles yesterday as a result of 40 mph gusts which sprang up after the finish of their race. Only the winning number one boat managed to stay afloat...