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...John O'Hara is generally considered a fine stylist. He is easy to read, unusually observant, and apparently easy to understand. The setting and dialogue of O'Hara's stories are so familiar to contemporary Americans that reading his work seems at first glance to require no more imagination than watching a situation comedy on television, or a Doris Day movie...
...Cape Cod Lighter, O'Hara...
...Angeles and the best miler in the U.S., was making his 1963 debut. With 15 straight meet victories behind him, Beatty was going all out to win another. As for setting a record, he was not so sure. A gangling, 20-year-old junior named Tom O'Hara from Loyola of Chicago decided the question...
Going into the second half-mile, Beatty opened his stride, eased out into the lead, and seemed to have the race sewed up. Not quite. Suddenly, at the three-quarter mark, O'Hara popped out of the pack and burst ahead. Sensing an upset, the crowd was on its feet as they pounded into the backstretch. Both runners kicked into the final sprint. Slowly Beatty pulled ahead of O'Hara about 60 yds. from the line, and with a quick peek over his shoulder clipped the tape to win by three yards...
Time: 3 min. 58.6 sec., three-tenths of a second better than Beatty's own year-old indoor record. There was glory, too, for Tom O'Hara; he had run his first sub-four-minute mile, with 3:59.2. "Just after Tom passed me, I decided: 'This is it,' " said Beatty. "He had a big heart. All he lacked was experience...