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...long ago, Abdul Karim Kassem, lean and psychotic strongman of Iraq, boasted that he had survived 38 attempts to kill him over the past 4½ years. Last week in Baghdad, death kept the 39th appointment...
...Nouvelle Revue Française. "Even to set the covers of L'Histoire d'O ajar is to open the gates of hell," said Academician François Mauriac. Nevertheless, enough members were inclined to open the academy's gates to Paulhan, who was elected the 39th Immortal...
Dick Slansky was five places behind Martin in 39th position, and Tony Field, scoring for the first time this fall, came in 46th. The varsity's other two contesttants, Don Kirkland and Wes Hildreth, were 58th and 65th. 67 of the 68 starters completed the course...
...familiar clang: U.S. foreign policy was "criminally dangerous," Ike "should be impeached," recognition of Red China would "make 600 million friends for America." But only 1,300 of the aging faithful were present in Manhattan's spacious (capacity: 2.760) Carnegie Hall to applaud, steadily but softly, at the 39th anniversary of the nation's dying Communist Party...
...nation's football fields. Iowa's Rose Bowl-bound Big Ten champions whipped Notre Dame. 48-8. Yale rolled to its first official Ivy League title by trouncing Harvard 42-14. Oklahoma's Sooners, still looking for a suitable opponent, smothered Nebraska 54-6 for their 39th successive victory. Tennessee stayed with Oklahoma on the unbeaten list with a 20-7 win over Kentucky...