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Shining Career. But Genaro was established as presidential bootblack. He bent over the shoes of stern Plutarco Elias Calles, of genial Emilio Portes Gil, of absent-minded Abelardo Rodriguez. He went on the palace payroll ($45 a month). Courtly Pasquel Ortiz Rubio sent the presidential limousine for him. President Cardenas bought him a specially made English car that he could drive himself. Avila Camacho paid off a $300 mortgage on his house...
...king of U.S. milers, Gil Dodds, made his comeback try at the twomile. Rounding the last turn in the 22nd lap at Madison Square Garden, he lurched wildly off the boards for a dozen yards (a technical foul), got back on the track and staggered across the finish 85 yards before his nearest foe. The officials ignored his miscue..His time...
...same city, two years ago, Gil Dodds, the runner whose style outraged the copybooks but whose speed broke mile records, had forsaken track to preach the word of God. His old coaches had begged him to try running again. Finally he agreed. Explained earnest Gil Dodds, 28: "I prayed about it, of course. And my wife consented...
Refreshing Change. In London, Gil Winant was a striking contrast to his predecessor, that ruddy salesman, Joe Kennedy. He gangled; his hair straggled down in a black shock over a craggy face in which only the eyes crackled; he vibrated with a strange intensity. Once, shortly after his arrival in 1941, a luncheon crowd demanded a speech. Winant rose with a glazed look, and for four straight minutes of silent agony, stood shifting from one leg to the other. Then he whispered: "The worst mistake I ever made was in getting up in the first place...
...effect was neither sudden nor spectacular. The results of his embassy were slow but lasting; they showed in Allied war solidarity, in understanding between nations, and in the lasting impression of America-at-its-best that Gil Winant left in Britain...