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...National Singles tennis championship, beating South Africa's Cliff Drysdale 6-2, 7-9, 7-5, 6-1 in a final match that was interrupted for 40 min. by rain; at Forest Hills, N.Y. Ranked No. 3 in the world (behind Australia's Roy Emerson and the U.S.'s Dennis Ralston, both of whom were eliminated in the quarter-finals), Santana spent the recess buying 15 pairs of wool socks to wear over his sneakers for better footing on the muddy court, limited Drysdale to one game the rest...
...Emerson called him "the greatest writer who ever lived." Claudel considered him a "great solemn ass." Jung pronounced him "a prophet." Evelyn Waugh dismissed him as a "wayward dabbler in philosophy." Valery said he was "one of the luckiest throws that fate has ever allowed the human race to make...
...Holmberg, registrar of the summer school, said that facilities are available for increasing the teaching space. He pointed out, however, that the number of these places is necessarily limited by certain repairs which have to be made during the summer. As an example, he mentioned the renovation of Emerson Hall. Emerson has been unavailable for classes this year, as have the Biological Laboratories
...Australia's Roy Emerson, 28: the Wimbledon men's singles championship, with ease, trouncing fellow Aussie Fred Stolle, 26, for the second year in a row, with a straightforward serve-and-volley game that won in three quick sets, 6-2, 6-4, 6-4. The slender Aussie had only a bit more trouble in the semifinals, polishing off the U.S.'s top-ranked Dennis Ralston, 22, in four sets...
...average American family now stands at an awesome 60% of its after-tax income for one year. In a generation, most of the facts and beliefs about debt have profoundly changed. Virtually dead is the Puritan ethic that condemned spending beyond one's immediate earnings and followed Emerson's maxim...