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...steeled himself to take three flights, in two years, and on the last one suggested that I do stunts with him. After two loops he looked back from the front seat and pointed straight down to terra firma. . . . I still recall the glassy look of his eyes...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Letters, Dec. 13, 1943 | 12/13/1943 | See Source »

Least-known of the Green starters is quarterback John Burroughs, a Sophomore who weighs 215 and towers six feet, two inches above terra firma. He is a good blockers, but hasn't had too much experience. And Freshmen Larry Bartnick, Dale Armstrong, and Jack Sayers, all of whom did yeoman work against little Miami of Ohio, round out the Green backs, a formidable set of pigskin toters...

Author: By Irvin M. Horowitz, | Title: INDIAN BACKS SET FOR TILT | 10/14/1942 | See Source »

...Reader Christensen write to Firma Rudolf Fabricius, Neusalza-Spremberg, Sachsen, Germany. The game is German Patent...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Letters, May 1, 1939 | 5/1/1939 | See Source »

Other Princetonians dropped down by air from New York later in the morning. The Yale delegation struck to terra firma and dribbled in by car and train...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: THEY COME TO HARVARD | 2/27/1937 | See Source »

...miles away. Latest Observatory figures show it has increased in brightness from ninth to eighth magnitude since the initial recording Friday, and by the end of July, before beginning to recede, will be brighter than the sixth magnitude and within 20,000,000 miles of terra firma...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Peltier's Comet Waxes Brighter Since Friday; Visible to Naked Eye in July | 5/20/1936 | See Source »

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