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...Crimson two-mile relay team finished second in a four way race, losing only to Yale. Bill Thompson led off for the varsity, and after running last for the first part of his half-mile leg, he came back to grab a five-yard lead before handing the baton to captain Pete Reider...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: K. of C. Meet Draws 20 Harriers | 1/20/1958 | See Source »

Where you grab a wife of whom you're not the husband...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Music: If it Gets Off at Westport | 1/6/1958 | See Source »

...Directorate of Astronautics, launched only three days before to plan the Air Force's space and space-weapons projects, e.g., contramissiles, space satellites, space platforms. The Air Force, charged the Pentagon's Missile Chief William M. Holaday, had "jumped the gun" and had been trying to "grab the limelight and establish a position." Air Force Secretary James H. Douglas admitted that the Directorate of Astronautics had indeed been set up "prematurely" and "contrary to assurances." oint was that the Pentagon intends soon ) set up its own Advanced Research Projects Agency (TIME, Dec. 16) designed both to develop fantasy...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: ARMED FORCES: Shot Down | 12/23/1957 | See Source »

...Publisher Annenberg, whose booming Triangle Publications will add the Daily News to its rich grab-bag collection (TV Guide, Seventeen, Daily Racing Form, Morning Telegraph), saw a promising opportunity for a light-feature and top-of-the-news sheet that will not try to match the intensive local coverage of his Inquirer or the prosperous Bulletin. Under its new publisher, the Daily News will go from a semi-morning paper (six editions, from midnight to noon) to one-shift afternoon publication (two editions, at 8:30 a.m. and 1 p.m.), in competition with the Bulletin. It will drop its pallid...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Press: The Philadelphia News Story | 12/23/1957 | See Source »

...Arguing against a grab-bag veterans' pension bill in the House, Kennedy committed the political sin of insulting the American Legion ("The leadership of the American Legion has not had a constructive thought since...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: DEMOCRATS: Man Out Front | 12/2/1957 | See Source »

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