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...pull out of a 10,000-ft. dive hard enough to push the g (gravity) reading up to nine, and pull me down into my seat with a force equal to nine times my own weight, or 1,350 Ib. . . . I took off and went up to 15,000 ft. and stuck her down to 300 m.p.h. I horsed back on the stick and watched the accelerometer. Up she went, and down into my seat I went. Centrifugal force, like some huge invisible monster, pushed my head down into my shoulders and squashed me into that seat so that...
...Ontario Legislature in Toronto making the Dionne quintuplets "wards of the King" (Minister of Welfare David Croll to be their "special guardian") and appointing two "active guardians," the State to hold the girls' income in trust until they are 18. Cried "Mitch," cracking down: "I am going to push this bill through without dotting an i or crossing...
...itself two major tasks. One was to foster a more co-operative attitude between colleges and secondary schools. The other was to raise the standards of the colleges. By last year the Board felt that it had started both those balls rolling, could safely leave the colleges to push them on. Under the guidance of its British-born President Trevor Arnett, the Board turned to a new job, to the building of a brand new type of general education for the millions of students who have no use for the classical curriculum. The new curriculum would give the student...
...firmly in their stubborn support; especially if the propaganda employed is so ridiculous as to construe the bill as a direct attack against all laborers. Obviously the only intelligent course of action is to await the arrival of a test case, or better still, create a test case, and push it to the Supreme Court. The opposition of ignorant propaganda to ignorant propaganda will inevitably produce a stupid mess...
...such occasion Tommy Bilodeau came driving through the improvised enemy line with a quickness and a push that drew an offhand "Not Bad! Not bad!" from the busy coach. Then, seeing who it was and as if apologizing for expecting anything but top flight work from the Sophomore star, Harlow said with embarrassment "Oh! Sorry, Tom. Didn...