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...driver behind.* Handicapping harness horses is every bit as confusing as rating thoroughbred "flat" racers, and even then there are dozens of ways for the best horse to lose. He can get caught in a "blind switch"-boxed in by opponents' sulkies. He may be startled by the flick of the whip into "breaking"-going off stride. He can be "hung" wide on the turns and lose too much ground to make up. Or he may simply draw an impossible post position-far on the outside, or in the second...
Italian is one language in which a deaf-mute is not completely lost. Every facial tic, every finger flick, means something. A thumb jabbed at the mouth: "Waiter, bring some wine." A semi-rotating hand with thumb and forefinger up: "No can do." One raised finger: "Probably." Palm open: "Probably not." Tapping the center of the forehead: "Do you think I'm stupid?" Extended fingers slowly rubbing the underchin: "I couldn't care less...
They tune in to watch The Man from U.N.C.L.E. ("such good evil," says a North Carolina viewer), The Rogues ("the best flick on the eye"), The Fugitive ("Fuge" to friends), Shindig or Hullabaloo ("the horny hours"), and horror shows (called "ghoul spools" at Harvard to distinguish them from wild parties). One Rad-Cliffie is the head of a Bullwinkle the Moose fan club, and at Stanford, "Bugs Bunny really causes a lot of comment-there's a lot to say about Bugs Bunny...
Today Sheriff J.M. "Flick" Ash and one of his deputies are expected to testify. Hearings similar to today's are being held in all major cities in the state
...expanding auto market, it cautiously concentrates its efforts on high-quality but low-volume automobiles. Explains Hitzinger: "We are interested in building vehicles in a class by themselves." Because of this exclusiveness, Daimler's annual production has risen by only 28,000 cars since 1961. Chief Stockholder Friedrich Flick, the 81-year-old tycoon who sets company policy, firmly adheres to traditional Daimler practices: the company never "rushes" into a market or "moves quickly" to produce a new model...