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...none too sure until the mass of gray arises from the stands at the final whistle. Too many Cadets remember the contest in Michie Stadium several years ago when a big Army team led 13-0 at the half and a certain victory impending. They remember Barry Wood, who tore a strong Army eleven to shreds in the final period, kicking the points...
...Radio communi cation with the ground was fragmentary. Mrs. Piccard worried because she could not see the ground for clouds. Gas was valved and the balloon went down. As it flirted with the treetops, the Piccards donned football helmets. When the bag was snagged by tree branches, the gondola tore loose and dropped...
...this time the George Washington's photographer had excitedly unlimbered his camera. He caught the foam-flecked wave that heaved up and tore off the right pontoon of the low swooping plane. As she floundered in a mountain of spray, Swedish Mechanic Henry ("Happy") Johnson was drowned, but within 50 minutes a smart boat crew had saved everyone else as both plane and camera sank. The can of film that had now cost an additional $70,000 was hauled back aboard the George Washington and Fox faced a possible lawsuit from the owners of the plane...
...without. Evidence was introduced to show that in February 1933 the company signed a contract with one Del Sungo Giera, active throughout the War as a spy both for the Germans and the Allies, secretly to provide munitions for Germany. Suddenly reminded of the Versailles Treaty the company tore up this contract and substituted another saying that they would ship no munitions to Germany without the approval of the U. S. Government. This contract was later bought back by the du Fonts for $25,000. Discussion of this point produced other evidence from the du Pont files showing that other...
...people who gasped in surprise and dismay as the big blue challenger tore across the finish line with the red protest flag flying, none gasped louder than the race committee whose responsibility it was to allow or refuse the protest, and that responsibility they have now acquitted...