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...Grumman-type fighters" buzzed their plane as they were passing over Dover, Del. Another complaint soon followed : the captain of an Eastern Air Lines Constellation reported that a Navy fighter howled toward his ship "on a collision course" as it was passing near Willow Grove, Pa. and did not veer off until it was only 150 yards away...
...isobutane, as he barreled along on Franklin Canyon Highway one day last week. On a curve outside Pinole, Calif., he swung around a car. Another car was coming toward him. A woman was driving, and there were three kids in the back seat. Billy saw the car waver, then veer to the wrong side of the road. Billy wrenched at the big wheel, sent the rig thundering off the pavement, across a shallow ditch, through a barbed-wire fence...
...Frenchmen do not think that America manipulates her superior force with either coolness or lucidity. They think she tends to veer from lack of self-confidence to hysterical action. And they think she is inconsistent with herself, her friends, and those who would like to be her friends...
...Push from Behind. If the pressure keeps falling, the pilot can tell that he is approaching a low-pressure area. Heading towards Europe, he would veer south (as on the map) to pick up a tail wind. Flying west, he would veer north, and get a similar boost. Radioed reports from ships, from shore or from other planes help him figure out the situation. Frequently a properly plotted pressure course, though covering a longer sea distance, saves more, than an hour on a transatlantic flight. It also saves fuel and money-a modern, four-engined airplane costs...
Moravec showed steady improvement as the season progressed, both on offense and defense, and his achievements in the recently-ended season included the interception of a Princeton pass in the end zone to stave off a late Tiger threat; a 12-yard veer buck which produced the Varsity's winning touchdown against Holy Cross, and a one-man drive of 25 yards on seven carries and one forward pass which resulted in the second score against Dartmouth...