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...spectacular leaps leave him suspended in air an impossible, essential instant too long-he has even perfected a leap in which he turns half circle while airborne and disappears into the wings flying backward...
...planes and extended routes until they now stretch from Rangoon to New York. But he is proudest of PIA's vital role in linking Pakistan's divided nation-separated by 1,000 miles of India-and in bringing the advantage of modern transportation to a backward land. "Just think," he says: "many of the farmers flying in our planes have never worn shoes...
...manufacturer and an amateur movieman. The strip runs for about 20 seconds-an eternity of history. Kennedy was waving to a friendly crowd. Then came the first shot, and he clutched at his throat with both hands. Connally turned around, raised his right hand toward the President, then fell backward into his wife's lap as the second shot struck him. The third shot, all too literally, exploded in Kennedy's head. In less than an instant, Jackie was up, climbing back over the trunk of the car, seeking help. She reached out her right hand, caught...
...doubt whether many of the progressive sentiments expressed by the bishops in debate will ever be enacted into legislation. And the only other substantive measure passed at the session is as much a step backward as the liturgical decree is a step forward. Last week the council railroaded through without discussion a schema on communications that tolerates state censorship of mass media, suggesting civil authorities prevent "harm to the morals and progress of society through the bad use of these instruments...
...wisdom could be denigrated as nothing more than commonplace knowledge that comes with age. His snobs, after all, only face the fact that, in age as in youth, life chooses our friends for us, and it is wise to make the best of them. But in reaching backward to follow their progress, O'Hara is able to dip into the sounds and sights and thoughts of four decades of American life. "The United States in this century is what I know," he explained not long ago, "the way people talked and thought and felt. I want...