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Wilbur won the toss and went first: "He lay down on the lower wing with his hips in the padded wingwarping cradle, while Orville made a last-minute adjustment to the motor. When everything was ready, Wilbur tried to release the rope fastening the machine to the rail, but the thrust of the propellers was so great he could not get it loose and two of the men had to forcibly push the Flyer backward a few inches until the rope slipped free. Orville ran beside the machine, balancing it with one hand. In the other hand he held...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Books: Heads In Air, Feet on Ground WILBUR AND ORVILLE | 6/1/1987 | See Source »

...among the Americanists in the Department out of no abiding affection for Harvard. Five years there as a graduate student in history in the 1930s left me with a deep distaste for that university as an institution, a distaste not wholly inconvenient since it enables me without scruple to toss the meeching appeals for further funding that I receive from Harvard's development office into the waste basket...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: History Department | 5/29/1987 | See Source »

...weight events, junior James Russell, who has already qualified for the national championships, captured the hammer throw with a throw of 194-ft., 3-in. Sophomore Joe Giani nabbed second in the discus with a toss...

Author: By Colin F. Boyle, | Title: Thinclads Fall At Finish; Crushed By Huskies | 5/11/1987 | See Source »

Spanish Fly is filled with subtle and not-so-subtle allusions to Full Force's own recordings. On "A Fool Is Born Everyday" they toss in their well-known "Don't even try it/Full Force don't buy it" line over some spare beats. The album's fine opening track, with a beat reminiscent of last year's "I Wonder If I Take You Home," is even titled "Everything Will B-Fine," after Full Force member B-Fine...

Author: By Jeff P. Meier, | Title: Spanish Fly-girl | 4/30/1987 | See Source »

...Well, this morning I was asleep on the couch, and my aunt said, 'what are you doing today?' She told me to come down here and try out--it was a toss-up between this and basketball--I guess this won," said Lee St. Louis of Lawrence...

Author: By Katherine E. Bliss, | Title: Standing Around On The Job | 4/23/1987 | See Source »

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