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There was no telling until the end. For four rounds, challenger and champion alike exhibited nothing more than what Radio Announcer Don Dunphy kept calling "a healthy respect for each other." Joe crept forward, his snake's tongue left flickering its cruel, aimless explorations; Lou marched backward, bobbing extravagantly 'and waving his arms. More from boredom than conviction, the press crew gave Nova the second and third rounds. In the fourth Louis found an opening, hit Nova all over with ten lefts and rights. The crowd's screams were cut short by the bell. Two rounds later...
...night last week Lieut. General Ben Lear, commander of the Red Army in the current war games, was nearly knocked out by a rabbit punch, but the umpires called it a foul. Into his headquarters crept a "suicide squad" of seven Blue soldiers. Stealthily they touched off a couple of smoke pots, representing explosives powerful enough to blow the General and his staff skyhigh. The smoke pots sent 50 correspondents, officers and privates gasping out into the night, but they didn't incommode the General. He had stepped out just before the raiders appeared. Six of the seven raiders...
...three months since 32-year-old Deputy Raúl Damonte Taborda began a Dies-inspired investigation of anti-Argentine activities he has stealthily and steadily crept closer to Argentina's cuckoo nest: the German Embassy. Last week Deputy Damonte thought he had his hands on the biggest cuckoo in the nest...
Into the woods near Honolulu's Schofield Barracks one night last week crept 60-year-old Ushi Makamine. Though he had lived in Honolulu under the U.S. flag, Makamine-san was planning the gesture of a fiery Japanese patriot. He would set the central island of Oahu afire, die himself in a blaze of glory...
...notable exception: transportation (ships, railroads, planes). Far & away the most popular topic in U.S. curricilums, the study of transportation has crept into almost every course, now enlivens the study of art, English, even health...