“Lost time was like a run in a stocking. It always got worse.”

The Steep Ascent http://books.google.com/books?id=2vRaAAAAMAAJ&q=%22Lost+time+was+like+a+run+in+a+stocking+It+always+got+worse%22&pg=PA22#v=onepage (1944)

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American aviator and author 1906–2001

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