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On the Boss's Knee. In the 1932 Republican Convention, when the Hoover crowd was trying to jam through the vice-presidential nomination of Charlie Curtis, "a voice from the floor shouted in answer to the roll call: "Pennsylvania casts 75 votes for General Edward Martin." The vote, as...
The most dangerous speed zone lies between 85% and 120% of the speed of sound (roughly 650 to 900 m.p.h.). Flying in delicate balance, a plane may enter the zone, but it cannot maneuver, fire its guns, or open its bomb bay without inviting destruction.
In the war of the ball pens most Johnny-come-lately penmakers are waging battle by an old competitive maneuver, cutting. But Eversharp, Inc., which has shot up from a near bankrupt company to the biggest pen & pencilmaker in the world, dollarwise, last week tried a new trick. It brought...
Like Leahy, 180-lb. Johnny Lujack is a perfectionist. Every fake has to be a magician's maneuver. He knows the blocking variations of every basic Leahy play-not only for himself but for every man on the team-and frequently refreshes a forgetful player's memory in...
Tactical Maneuver. Even most skeptics believed that Stalin really wanted peace, for the time being. But few believed that his assurances marked more than a tactical change in Russia's expansionist drive. In their opinion, the statement was designed: