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...Rodgers, 24, is the league's smallest fulltime starter, relies on oldfashioned, sleight-of-hand playmaking. At his slick best. Rodgers is a marvel of balance and bounce who can dribble behind his back at full tilt, delicately dissect opponents' defenses with pinpoint passes. Weighing a compact 188 Ibs., Rodgers is so superbly coordinated that he often does not bother to catch a pass, instead taps the ball to the floor to start his dribble. In just his second year as a pro, Rodgers is second in assists-per-game only to Boston's incomparable Bob Cousy...
...speaking for nearly everyone present when he declared: "The incidence of lung cancer is complexly determined and cannot be related solely or principally to a single factor. Tobacco smoking plays a part. Atmospheric pollution plays a part." Trouble is, he complained, that the evidence incriminating heavy cigarette smoking is "compact" (and hence easily grasped), while that indicting air pollution is diverse and various...
Counting heavily on sharing in the boom, the auto industry last week raised its output to the fastest pace since the record year of 1955. It expected to turn out 176,655 units for the week, 21% of them compact cars. New-car sales for the first ten days in January were up 9% over last year...
What with the Salk vaccine and the surge into space, the cold war, the compact car, and the thousand and one triumphs and follies that enlivened the decade, our artist couldn't begin to cover it all. But as we move into a new decade of news, we've enjoyed recalling many of the faces of the Fifties in this crowded tapestry -and we thought you might...
...models were added last week to the list of compact cars...