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...Rumor crept off, shaking its head and muttering...
...time, in other respects, was not kind to Greenwich. Like an ugly fungus, London crept around King Charles's royal park. The city's smoke blinded the telescopes, corroded metal parts, covered lenses with soot. Electric railways interfered with magnetic observations. Worst were street lights, whose glare outshone the Milky Way. Only British astronomers could have hung on so long...
Unlike the American League, which had almost no spring rookies to rave about, the National League was full of them. One even crept into the solid Cardinal lineup: Dick Sisler, (batting .443) son of the great George Sisler, pushed Ray Sanders (batting .192) off first base. After the Cardinals, the National League lineup looked like this...
...three days, Siam's police were "very ashamed that no arrests had been made" but "most confident the robbers will be caught." Siam's King was not so sure. While the search went on, somebody had crept into the royal bedchamber and copped his favorite 7.65-mm. Mauser pistol...
...President had more than his routine assignment of crises last week. Across the world crept the threat of starvation, and at long last he tackled the problem. Once, when it seemed that the situation was serious but not critical, he had lifted rationing and other food restrictions. Now it suddenly appeared that Mr. Truman might have been badly advised. Only by cutting its own wheat consumption (see below) could the U.S. meet its moral obligation to help feed the world's starvelings...