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...shoulder). It never came, and that's just about the trouble with "Captain from Castile"; it never quite comes off. Every scene seems to lead inevitably to a gigantic battle in the final reel, but all suddenly comes to naught as Mr. Power and friends march off into a sunset fadeout...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Captain from Castile | 2/19/1948 | See Source »

Local observes can glimpse this latest celestial phenomenon, which has a tail 25 degrees long, within the next few nights, possibly with the naked eyes. Those going comet-hunting for the first time should look into the sky just after sunset to the left of the area where the sun sets...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: New Comet Will Shine Here Soon | 12/13/1947 | See Source »

Eclipses Chaffee elaborated, produce a rapid sunrise-sunset recording on his devices, received from an elevated position. From his sensitive observations he will be able to detect differences in the reflecting power of layers above the atmosphere; particularly the ionosphere, which bounces back short-wave radio frequencies...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Eclipse Needs Trained Eyes For Visibility | 11/12/1947 | See Source »

...three exceptions, the 56 were all young men and women. Communism in the rural districts is the party of the fainéants (lazy no-goods). Young people here don't want to work any more; they don't want to work from dawn till sunset, as I did, and my father, and my grandfather. They don't want to bend down as far as we did-the earth is too near the ground for them. They want to have the earth on the table. They vote Communist because the Communists promise them an easier life...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Foreign News: THE EARTH IS TOO NEAR THE GROUND | 10/20/1947 | See Source »

Just before sunset one day last week, cool John Cobb of London squeezed his 200 lbs. into the cockpit of his two-engined, ice-cooled racing car. It was his last chance of the year: the rainy season was at hand on Utah's Bonneville salt flats. The cowling was bolted into place on top of him; a truck gave the car a push. At 20 m.p.h., the engine coughed and then settled into a steady roar. At 140 m.p.h., Cobb shifted into second gear, into high at 240 m.p.h. About halfway down the 14 mile course he entered...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Sport: Speediest Man on Earth | 9/29/1947 | See Source »

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