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...wheel and leaves the rest to luck. In a race like this week's test at Sebring, so much can go wrong that he feels luck is unusually important. The 5.2-mile course has so many tight turns and wicked switchbacks that brakes heat up and fade, clutches tend to wear out under constant shifting...
Some such local hotshots fatten parochial pride for a season or two, then fade away. Only a few of the home-town heroes still look like heroes when the big-time tournaments begin. As tournament time approached last week, there was a good-sized batch of local stars whose talents raised them above purely local acclaim. The standouts made up an odd package of assorted shapes and sizes. Some of them:
Moreover, the "good time" psychology of the patrons of New York's drama mill and the enormous expense of putting a Broadway show on the boards has forced Broadway into dependence on temporary "hits" that rapidly draw large audiences and then fade into oblivion before next month's epic. A show that does not promise to be immediately popular with a mass audience is completely impractical. Few can afford to pay $12 or more for a pair of tickets to a show that hasn't been predigested and approved. For example, Candide recently closed to a loss of nearly half...
...Hodel and John R. Thomson fade slowly, but not quietly, into the sunset of graduation, the observer of the Harvard political scene notes the possibility that the Harvard Young Republican Club may undergo a serious metamorphosis. The traditional role of the HYRC ex-President, a role which both these gentlemen have played up to the hilt, has involved the former chief's taking a prominent part in the annual pre-election squabble the club puts...
...through a side door, his aides carrying wooden easels and maps and charts covered with plastic blankets. On hand for two of the secret meetings was Central Intelligence Agency Director Allen Dulles, along with Atomic Energy Commission Chairman Lewis Strauss. As the warm day's light began to fade across the trim White House lawns outside, the inner core of the National Security Council went into a deep huddle around the President's desk...