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...dignity of the men who work for him. His resources as a human being are as varied as the generation he and his friend Dave represent. In fact, there are times when he seems a little too good, too rounded to be true: he is an athlete, a flyer, loves music, systematically rereads Shakespeare, and does his own household carpentry...
...start and gradually widened the gap to 1 min. 54 sec.-mostly during the beats to windward, in which Gretel hobbyhorsed badly while Dame Pattie slid smoothly through the crashing swells. It was the second race, in smooth seas and light winds, that certified Dame Pattie as a "flyer." Once again, Sturrock beat Gretel's skipper, Archie Robertson, to the start. By the first mark, Dame Pattie was 2 min. 22 sec. in the lead; at the end, her margin was a staggering...
Died. Brigadier General Lacey Van Buren Murrow, 62, Air Force flyer and eldest brother of the late Edward R. Murrow, a troop-carrier specialist in World War II and Korea, who retired in 1953 to a variety of highway-and railroad-consultant jobs; by his own hand (shotgun); in Baltimore...
These caves will never be crowded. They demand skill in mountaineer- "The Last Frontier: The Strange World," as one Grotto flyer puts it. When every last mountain has been ing, plus thorough experience with the special problems of mud, darkness, and water. Any accident in a cave is doubly serious, so the advanced caver has to be a first aid expert. Often cavers participate in rescue programs such as the Boston Grotto's Cave Rescue Communications Network...
Under One Management. Born in Missouri, the son of a Baptist minister, Eaton tried Mammon's way first, took an unsuccessful flyer at gold mining in Nevada before settling down to his life's work in Southern California in 1917. He took over a failing cemetery, pioneered the concept of pay-now-die-later, which he delicately dubbed "The Before-Need Plan." Prices at Forest Lawn begin at $385 for the cheapest grave; after that, there is literally no limit. Eaton put up giant billboards all over Los Angeles, traded heavily on Adman Bruce Barton's slogan...