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...first time in 25 years, the quiet, efficient, socially backward political machine of Harry Flood Byrd had a real fight on its hands. In Virginia's genteel valleys and sun-beaten towns, politicians were actually out campaigning for governor...
...prince, accompanied by his two sisters, left the family pew at Rome's quiet little Church of St. Girolamo. Pierino appeared, a pistol in his outstretched hand. "You die!" he shouted, and fired five times. The prince drew his own pistol, but before he could aim he slumped backward...
...with its enrollment of 14 students. He taught every thing from Latin to math, coached athletics and served as town librarian on the side. The town soon learned that there was something different about the kindly young schoolmaster in the somber black suit. Fractious kids jumped to obey him; backward boys seemed to brighten. Even old Deacon Greenough was won over. He started coming over to dinner every Sunday night, bringing free bottles of Green-ough's Horseradish with...
...nonexplosive kerosene instead of high-octane gas. Unlike turbojets, they do not have to fly at extremely high speeds to operate efficiently. At the speeds practical for present-day airliners (300-plus m.p.h.), the jet's high velocity blast wastes much of its energy in merely pushing air backward...
...Springfield goals were scored by an attackman, Dutch Garber. The best play of the game was a scoring shot by Bob Lange backward over his head. Both Hans Estin and Will Davis were cheated when shots of theirs bounced off the goal pipes...