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...Bearer of the message and representative of the Ninety-Nines, an association of women fliers of which Mrs. Gillies is head, was Private Fliers Association Counsel Hav en B. Page (father of three). Mr. Page brandished five obstetricians' opinions on the flying competence of pregnant women.One physician maintained that women are completely capable during 90% of their pregnancy, successfully drive cars, sail boats, etc. Thin, emaciated women, vowed another expert, would be much better pilots if they were four months pregnant. Said he, it makes them feel better ; the attitude of "we males" is largely superstition...
...Here's land! Albricias means a tip given to the bearer of good tidings...
Thus ticks a prime foreign servant of the U. S. He may seem happy-go-lucky, too casual to force a grave issue, too apt to wait and see. But no legate could be a better Bearer of Good Will to the gentle people of China. Nelson Trusler Johnson is the sort of roly-poly man a Chinese can respect, love, even fear far more deeply than the man with bayonet, dollar, or arrogance...
...Olum's letter to the Crimson has convinced me that any respect which he professes for the principles of free speech has been overshadowed by the delusion that he is Harvard's sole standard-bearer of American civil liberties...
Next he took as his aide Honey Fitz's secretary, Edward Moore. Eddie Moore, Irish as a clay pipe, was the first member of the family Kennedy founded, nurse, comforter, friend, stooge, package-bearer, adviser, who played games with Joe and the children, bought neckties and bonds for Joe, opened doors, wrote letters, investigated investments, saw to it Joe wore his rubbers...