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...drummers are cagey, that's all Brown might be an ace and he might be a flop, but whatever happens the press agent is covered. And in case Brown doesn't show so well, there's nothing on paper to throw up against the publicity department...
Political dopesters outside Virginia had bet on flop-eared, wing-collared Representative Howard W. Smith to succeed to the Senate seat of the late Carter Glass. Howard Smith, archfoe of labor unions, was a national figure, openly sought the post and was a member in good standing of Senator Harry F. Byrd's all-powerful state machine...
...Mexican Government's attempt to run the oil industry has been a dismal flop. Pemex (Petroleos Mexicanos), the operating company, has been loaded with an administration of political lame ducks. Production has fallen, losses have skyrocketed. Mexico, which once exported 50% of its oil, now has barely enough for its own increased consumption. And it is in grave danger of running out of oil if Poza Rica, the one rich field, should go dry-as overworked fields sometimes...
...Housing. "The flop houses-same thing. There was a time when you could go into the Workingmen's Palace, the Gem, Starr Hotel, the New Norway or the Portland and get a corner in the dorm for 14 to 20?. For a quarter you could get a shower, too, and there were lights in the big room. Now you don't find a place to lay down on the floor for less than 30? a night and most places charge...
When both of Tom Bolles' eights swept across the finish line better than four lengths ahead of Yale on the Charles Saturday, the Crimson's first formal season of racing since 1943 was automatically insured against being labelled a flop. Now, no matter what happens in the forthcoming regatta on Lake Washington June 22, and despite what was at best a spotty record before the Eli race, the big question that makes the difference in any Harvard athletics--"did you beat Yale?"-- will have the right answer...