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Since the day that the Bay of Pigs became a synonym for fiasco, U.S. policy toward Cuba has been based on hope-the hope that Castro's Communism would somehow curl up its toes and die. In its most positive form, that policy aimed at isolating Cuba, both economically and politically. It did not work - for the simple and foreseeable reason that Nikita Khrushchev did not want...
Patent-Leather Style. Machine-made models appeared, but they looked fake and felt creepy. Then, a couple of months ago, a synthetic wig made of Dynel was introduced that looked like hair, felt like hair, kept its curl (or coiffure) for months without resetting, and was relatively cheap. Imitators and competitors came up with part-hair, part-nylon models (like the Myerlon wigs, at $35; the acetate, at $10.95), and even with cheap, phony party or swim-cap versions...
Bottle-green eyes smolder malevolently, and thin lips curl in a perpetual pout. "I was born surly," says Roger Eugene Maris, "and I'm going to stay that way. Everything in life is tough." But last week, as he has all season, Yankee Outfielder Maris knew just where to direct his sullen anger: at a baseball. Leaning into a low fastball thrown by Baltimore's Milt Pappas, Maris sent a whistling drive soaring high into the rightfield seats. It was his 59th homer in 154 games; he had come within one heart-stopping wallop of tying baseball...
...like the legendary girl with the curl," John H. Finley, Jr., '25, of Eliot House, explained. "When we are good, we are very, very good, but when we are bad, we are awful...
...third base position has three men, senior Billy Rodgers, and sophomores Corky Cronin and Curl Combs fighting for it. Cronin holds it now, but the other two will see action. Sophomore first baseman Jim Mullen hit .283 for the freshman team, but has yet to prove that he can hit for the varsity with consistency. Senior Phil Bernstein, a good pinch-hitter, is his replacement...