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...natives remained fiercely loyal to the British, who had brought them these blessings. Some of the Company's officers were interned in a leper colony by the Japs. One day, a group of loyalist lepers came up to the Company's Governor to ask if they could bump off some other lepers (who had collaborated with the Japs) when & if the Company's rule was restored after the war. Asked the Governor: "Why don't you do it now?" Replied one of the lepers: "The Japs would kill us; but if you try us, you will...
...Nelson Bump...
...Amsterdam is opening again. Philips, Europe's greatest exporters of electric bulbs and radio equipment, is operating at 60% of capacity, expects to hit 100% soon. The Dutch, who use bicycles as Americans use autos, may have to wait until 1950 for new ones, and meanwhile will bump along on solid tires over unrepaired streets...
...Connie Grayson, 23, who was picked mostly because she was the lightest (106 lbs.) of all the G.I.s at Cambridge. The Americans called themselves "Bull College," after their billets in the famed Bull Hotel. They practiced three times a week for four weeks, trying to learn the mysteries of bumping races. The boats line up one after another, two lengths apart, and each tries to catch the shell ahead. Once the prow of the overtaking boat actually touches the other's stern, the overtaken boat loses one place. (The best place to bump is in a narrow part...
...times. He had cameras set up at each turn, at night studied the movies like a football coach looking for faults. The night before the A.A.U. four-man bobsled championship last week, he was at it until 10 p.m., walking the course, inspecting every angle, every little bump...