Word: colossuses
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Then the crowd deserted the defending champ and straggled across the rain-slowed track to watch a brown giant strip off his sweat suit. Rafer Lewis Johnson, 20, sophomore colossus (6 ft. 3 in., 200 Ibs.) from U.C.L.A., looked as good as the reports that preceded his arrival...
...Accepted Colossus. On the most essential point at issue between Truman and himself, MacArthur had a stronger case-and some sharp observations about the results of Truman's policy in Asia. He notes bitterly that he was the first American commander in history ever denied the right to fight to win. Because the U.S. failed to drive the Communists out of Korea, "Red China promptly was accepted as the military colossus of the East. Korea was left ravished and divided. Indo-China was partitioned by the sword. Tibet was taken almost on demand. Other Asian nations began to tremble...
Since 1919. when Henry Ford bought out his minority stockholders, Ford Motor Co. has been steered only by Ford and his family. This week, Ford Foundation trustees announced that the Ford family will give up sole control of the company, turning the last family-managed industrial colossus in the U.S. into a public corporation. Early next year, when the Foundation puts on sale the first blocks of stock (nearly 7,000,000 voting shares), the family will yield 60% of the voting rights in Ford management to investors...
...Austin's Commodore Perry Hotel, Adlai Stevenson spent 35 minutes closeted with senior Texas Democrat and House Speaker Sam Rayburn. That night, at the university, Stevenson's subject was "America, the Economic Colossus." Stevenson had some doubts about the colossus. Said he: "I am not a prophet of gloom. I am not a prophet of any kind whatever. Nonetheless, I groaned the other day when a leading politician said with glee, 'Everything is booming but the guns.' I wish people would take less interest in booms and more in stability-in making good conditions last...
...game started: two rows of massive, helmeted figures squatted opposite each other. Each colossus, his chin pressed against a leather strap, glowered across at the expression of his opponent's wire-protected face. Positioned in this manner, the seven men of each line almost crashed together with their helmets. Calmly the four backs crouched behind them--the three running backs and the Signal Caller (Playmaker...