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...done it? Not, apparently, by being a grind. "It may sound terrible," she said, "but I averaged about five dates a week." An accomplished pianist, she joined the Kappa Kappa Gamma sorority, played plenty of tennis, even joined the chorus line at the university's spring carnival show. Somewhere along the way, she also found time to get engaged to Fred Sorenson, 29, the news director of the local TV station, WCIA...
...grind, then how had she managed? Says Edith hesitantly: "I guess the general level is a little more advanced in Germany. The fact that I could get a degree in such a short time tells pretty well that they do ask for a little more in high school, I think...
...with a freshness rarely seen in the U.S., delighted audiences in a heathery number telling how Bonnie Prince Charlie escaped to Skye, while warriors fell and their women grieved. At one point, while the group was demonstrating Margaret Morris' own exercise movements, the audience spotted a typical burlesque grind. As old as the Scottish hills, the grind used to be considered "too rude" in Scotland, explained Dancer Morris, but U.S. movies and musicals have made it "respectable." Altogether, fans found the Stone Age full of good fun and interesting dancing...
...rolling sand dunes of French Flanders. Whitecoifed peasant women and stolid fishermen stared as the cyclists swept by along the flat, lonely roads of Brittany. Driving squalls drenched them as they raced down the long Atlantic coastline. Of the no starters, less than 100 were still at the grind when they climbed toward the Pyrenees over the rugged shoulders of the Basque country. Cyclists and spectators agreed that Wermelinger & Co. had mapped out this year's tour with sadistic ingenuity...
...Hole critics attribute his failures to erratic putting, but Snead at his best is as handy a putter as any topflight golfer. Some say that Snead's temperament (a "smoldering volcano," according to the New York Times's Arthur Daley) is not tough enough to withstand the grind of the Open. While it is true that Snead sometimes gives way to the sulks or the "yipes" (jitters), he has played some of his most sensational shots when the tension was greatest...