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William H. Chamberlain, columnist for the Wall Street Journal said we must either pull out of the Far East altogether or wage all out war in China proper...
...French are still not satisfied. Now they want both Britain and the U.S. to give firm guarantees that they will intervene if some day one of the European Army's members (i.e., Germany) should feel strong enough to pull out. This would in fact mean a new alliance-within-an-alliance aimed against one specific ally. The U.S. and Britain will not buy this irresponsible scheme, will merely issue a declaration to the effect that they hope everybody is going to stay...
...suits were standard equipment for the well-dressed fighter pilot. Yesterday's Mustangs and Thunderbolts, fighting a far lower speed than today's jets, were fast enough so that in tight turns or quick pullouts a pilot was sometimes subjected to more than four times the pull of gravity-in airmen's language, four Gs. And at 4.2 Gs the average man begins to "grey out." Blood drains from his head. His sight begins to blur. At more than five Gs, he may black out completely...
Tires & Symbols. Frenchmen and foreigners alike rely on the verdicts of Michelin; over the years, the guidebook has built up a reputation for accuracy and incorruptibility. Its motto is Pas de piston, pas de pot de vin-roughly, "No pull, no bribery." Not a line of paid advertising is carried on its pages...
...Bert Haines' freshman crew, however, that provided the most exciting race of the afternoon. They managed to pull out about a deck length over M.I.T. at the bridge, but couldn't increase the margin...