"Just before the war we were in danger of having the ugly and even
abominable word 'aviator' fostered upon us. Just as that word seemed
victorious, _The Times_ suddenly announced that it had decided once and
for all to use 'airman' instead, and there can be no doubt that the
example there set, which was copied by journalists on other papers,
secured the predominance of a good new English word over a deformed
importation."--_Times Literary Supplement_.
"The volume contains some 500 portraits of New England aviators."--
_Same paper, same date, same page_.
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"QUARTER MILE CHAMPIONSHIP.--Record, Sgt. Smith (North Staffords), 5
2-5secs.
Wilkinson........ 1
Goddard.......... 2
Worsley.......... 3
An excellent win, Wilkinson putting in a wonderful spurt in the last 30
years."--_Indian Paper_.
From which we infer that he did not succeed in lowering Sergeant Smith's
remarkable record.
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