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This is certainly true on the basis of the Army game box score. Some men are apparently being rated simply on their scoring in the previous game, and there are two glaring faults in such a system: 1) it does not take into account that any man can have a "hot' 'night, and 2) it causes the starting lineup to be changed so often that no five men really have time to learn to play together as a team...
...whole affair at Seattle has the macabre air of the trial of the knave of hearts in Alice's Wonderland. Dr. Allen invents interpretations; Miss Thompson and Mr. Smith sit in the Jury Box, busily scribbling "due process" on their slates; and the rest of the press shout "off with their heads." But while Alice's dream of the knave's trial vanished, we may find the nightmare of the University of Washington spreading to legislators and trustees all over the country...
Cigars, Pecans. Some of his callers left gifts: a box of Philippine cigars (though Harry Truman does not smoke), a 10-lb. sack of pecans from a Louisiana Congressman (to remind him that there was an overproduction problem in pecans), a pair of engraved brass spurs (from the citizens of Monahans, Tex.). More were looking for presidential favors: Massachusetts' Republican Senator Leverett Saltonstall (a job for a friend), Philadelphia Realtor Albert Greenfield (a speech date), San Diego Journal Editor John Kennedy (a veterans' hospital...
Untold News. When last week's meeting broke up, staffers went through the motions of getting out two more editions. In the composing room, printers set up a front-page box bearing a curt farewell. As had happened too often, readers had to turn to other papers to get the complete news; the Star did not even carry an obit on its own death...
...comfortable in the batter's box. What is comfortable for some gents is not for others, so there is no set method on this...