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...even more shocked when Koufax and Drysdale stayed away from spring training and thereby proved to all the world how much the Dodgers needed them: in the preseason Grapefruit League, Los Angeles won only six games, lost twelve, ranked 18th out of 20 teams- five games behind the New York Mets, nine behind the leading Chicago White Sox. O'Malley grudgingly raised his total offer to $210,000. That, he said, was a "final" figure. Koufax and Drysdale looked elsewhere for work. They signed TV and movie contracts, showed up for rehearsals of a thriller called Warning Shot. There...
...shopping, the housewife should be able to switch on to the local supermarket on the video phone, examine grapefruit and price them, all without stirring from her living room. But among the futurists, fortunately, are skeptics, and they are sure that remote shopping, while entirely feasible, will flop-because women like to get out of the house, like to handle the merchandise, like to be able to change their minds. Not everything that is possible will happen-unless people want it. One thing they almost certainly will want is electronic "information retrieval": the contents of libraries and other forms...
After listing such names as "Air Force Diet," "Astronaut Diet," "Airlines Pilot Diet," "Grapefruit Diet," "Low Carbohydrate Diet" and "Drinking Man's Diet," Dr. Hoffman said: "I would like to take this opportunity to specifically disclaim any association with or responsibility by the Mayo Clinic for any of them." The best program for the person who is overweight, he added, is simply to eat less. "There is little if any evidence for the success of any method which does not restrict calorie intake to a level below body energy needs...
...spokesman at the meeting. Far from acting like the feisty raider that he is often accused of being, he gracefully accepted a statement by President Roy W. Moore Jr. that Canada Dry's next quarterly earnings would drop because of a $3,000,000 outlay to promote a grapefruit drink named Wink. (President Moore, sipping Wink while speaking, at one point let out an inadvertent burp and apologized: "It wasn't the Wink; it was me.") After the meeting, Simon said: "Canada Dry is doing exactly what it should be doing...
...spirits of the reunion's first day. In their reunion kits, members received rain hats for themselves and their wives. They were also given a choice of emblemmed wastebaskets, ashtrays, soap, drinking cups, and the traditional four-in-hand class tie. Tootsie rolls, a cigarette lighter mounted atop a grapefruit soda can--"for classmates, wives, and seniors only"--and Greek bags for the ladies were also offered...