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...Australia's Roy Emerson, 28: London's Grass Courts Championship by default over the U.S.'s Dennis Ralston, 22, who pulled out an hour before the match because of an injured thumb that had become so swollen that "I couldn't grip the racket...
...houses-instead of merely paying rent-and thereby adding to their assets. ' Americans have historically proved to be excellent credit risks, paying off almost all of their debts even during the Depression. In the event of an economic downturn, the danger is not so much that people will default on their payments as that they will reduce their borrowing and thus buy less...
...Dyke Show's Rob and Laura Petrie. Since Bewitched's Samantha cheats, by cleaning the house, keeping her husband and generally managing the drudgery of life through her powers of witchcraft, that leaves the title of TV's favorite average housewife to Laura Petrie by default, and it's a shame. As played by Actress Mary Tyler Moore, she could beat the pants off any dozen TV actresses...
...record this season is the best on the Harvard team, edged Brown star Bob Bundy 9-8, at 157 pounds, with the aid of a point for riding time. Pete Johnson, the Bruins' 167-pounder, injured his ankle when Chris Wickens of Harvard took him down, and had to default. Harvard Captain Ben Brooks scored the only fall of the meet by pinning Bob Maddox of Brown at 4:27 of their 191-pound match. Heavyweight Tack Chace then trimmed Brown Captain Ed McEntree...
Vice Presidents have long hesitated to stand in for disabled Presidents. In 1881 the country was leaderless for the 80 days that Garfield lay dying. During Wilson's breakdown, 28 bills became law by default of any presidential action. Though a "committee" of Cabinet and White House staff members car ried on after Eisenhower's heart attack, Vice President Nixon warned that it might have failed "had there been a serious international crisis requiring presidential decisions...