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...respected for his skill at disconcerting a jump shooter by jabbing him in the ribs with a massive forefinger. New Boy Robertson is already an expert at putting a hand on his man's hip and swinging himself around his rival. (Says Schayes: "Someone is going to grab that arm some day and throw Robertson into the third row.") St. Louis' hulking Clyde Lovellette daintily holds his man by the seam of his pants. Sums up Boston's Heinsohn: "You've got to know where the referee...
...value on the London Stock Exchange, presumably to make certain that the offer would be accepted. Within 24 hours, the value of the stocks jumped over 100%. The relieved companies hailed the offer as a uniquely civilized way to nationalize industry, were certain that their 40,000 stockholders would grab the offer...
...other features of the team's play also showed a marked improvement. When Cornell tried to crack the Crimson's shifting 2-3 zone defense by forcing it to overshift with quick passes, Harvard harried them into bad shots and then blocked out to grab the rebounds that formerly were converted into easy baskets...
...prepared to admonish Belgium against contributing any more bombs, planes or pilots to Tshombe. But the real danger was Soviet Russia. Was Nikita Khrushchev sufficiently eager for warmer relations with the U.S. to agree to keep hands off in the Congo? Russia's first big grab had been halted last September. But, though Kasavubu and Mobutu had ordered the Russians out, the Russians have gone on clandestinely helping pro-Lumumba forces...
...Redstone spouted flame and rose on what seemed to be the planned trajectory. When the Redstone burned out, the capsule was supposed to separate, coast to an altitude of 115 miles, then fall to the sea 298 miles downrange, where a swarm of ships and aircraft was waiting to grab...