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...York Times "crouched in a niche just behind the forward cabin, leaning out over the open bomb bay." It was deathly cold, but he was too excited to notice. "With a slight jar our bombs fell away, seemingly far wide of their mark. Then momentum and wind drift whipped them in toward the transports like a fast curve breaking over the plate...
...appeal to liberal, able Chakravarthi Rajagopalachariar ("C. R.") urging him to form a national Government. C. R. flatly contradicted a recent Cripps statement that Gandhi had personally aborted an attempt at an Indian settlement last spring. Of the Secretary of State for India's speech, Rajagopalachariar said: "The drift is far too perilous for the United Nations to be satisfied with Amery's whitewash...
...friend Larry Olivier. He is sincere and has a conviction that what he is doing has great importance." Typical glamor actress is Norma Shearer ("glamor attracts the star who no longer needs the money but doesn't want to retire just yet"). Typical businessman: George Sanders, who drifted into films for the fat pay checks, may just as coolly drift out of them again...
...smell of hot oil, hot rubber, leather and sweat pervades each steel machine. To this in action is added the bitter odor of powder smoke. And when a tank stops for a moment, fumes from the noisy, thrashing engine drift forward to add to the bouquet...
...promiscuous sexual life of the giant ragweed (Ambrosia trifide)and other species again last week brought tears to the eyes of several million U.S. hay fever sufferers. In the next few weeks a good million tons of ragweed pollen will drift imperceptibly over the U.S. seeking mates...