Word: fifth
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Even the Caspar Milquetoasts in the crowd were howling for Zale to make the kill. But the heat and his 33 years (eight more than Rocky) began to tell on ex-Steelworker Tony; he weakened badly in the fifth round. Early in the sixth, one of Graziano's swing-&-a-prayer haymakers landed squarely. Suddenly Tony was helpless; his arms dropped and his head jerked back & forth as Rocky hit him at will. After nearly 40 punches, Steelman Zale had not gone down, but he was lying inertly doubled over the ropes, with Graziano hammering...
...exciting week in both Houses of Congress. On the Senate side, Ohio's John Bricker literally got shot at (see below). In the House, Wisconsin's Glenn Davis* won a washing machine by clouting a 200-ft., fifth-inning home run in the annual congressional baseball game. The G.O.P. beat the Democrats...
Last week, after his fifth try (this time on the Queen Elizabeth) 20-year-old David was on New York's Ellis Island, waiting to be deported again. And Minnie, now 22, was still waiting, convinced that "he'll make it yet." Said David, threatening to stow away again & again: "I'll never marry anyone else...
Plays by Ear (Mon. 8 p.m., NBC). Winter of Discontent, fifth in the Hector Chevigny series (TIME, June...
Comforting thought for Americans: U.S. money (frozen in France) was largely responsible for the French prizewinners. RKO put up half the money for the 100 million franc ($840,000) Silence; Universal, four-fifth's of Diable's 52 million...