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...floor--long jumpers, short jumpers, and twisting layups--to lead the Elis in two conclusive surges. In the first half, with Harvard holding a slim 19-13 lead, the 6 ft. 4 in. guard-forward dropped in six points as Yale piled up a 15-1 margin to grab an eight point half-time lead...
...Martian running by, for example, its TV picture-traveling at the speed of light (186,000 miles per sec.)-would take about three minutes to reach the headset of its controller when Mars is closest to earth. Even if the controller were to respond immediately by reaching out to grab the Martian, another three minutes would elapse before his telemetered signals caused the telefactor to make its grab. By that time the quarry might well have vanished...
Last Friday Harvard overcame a 13-point lead to grab a slim advantage with five minutes left to go, but the Elis'Ed Goldstone tallied a quick ten points to repulse the game Crimson...
Despite the Senate's casual acceptance of his presence, Brooke has already become a Capitol Hill tourist attraction. Gallery-sitters crane their necks, gawk and buzz excitedly whenever he comes into view. In airport terminals and Capitol corridors, strangers grab his hand and wish him well. Letters come into Brooke's office at the rate of 350 a day. He has received nearly 1,400 speaking invitations in the past couple of months, has rejected all of them until last week's engagement...
...Henjyoji has at times successfully used the cradle from standing position. Once again, it's because of his relative shortness. His opponents tend to bend over in order to guard their legs. He has managed to grab both a hanging arm and a leg while standing to fall into the cradle combination...