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Coxswain Carver's gang tried hard. But they didn't go very far. The favored Cambridge crew skimmed off to a six-length lead in the first half-mile of the horseshoe-shaped 4¼-mile course. The heavier Oxford shell, fighting the choppy, flooded stream, began shipping water from the start, soon swamped and gurgled to a stop...
...Defense Department last week reported 1,097 more U.S. casualties in Korea, bringing the announced total to 49,132. The new list, dated Feb. 21, is the largest in five weeks, reflecting the heavier fighting in the current U.N. offensive. The breakdown...
...only were the Russians apt to be taller than the Chinese; they brought their own rules, their own heavier ball, and their own referee. Chinese, used to playing by American rules, were told that Russian rules are the "international rules." The Russian referee was there to interpret the Russian rules right...
...charges as "a phase of the irresponsible propaganda campaign against the command." He added: "I know of no professional soldier who will fail to recognize that the tactics of which [Bigart] complains and which he understands so little probably saved the Eighth Army from destruction and certainly from much heavier losses...
...year's boxy body has been rounded, window space has been increased, as has headroom and seat room, although the overall length of some models has been slightly cut. The De Soto has a more powerful 116-h.p. engine (v. 112-h.p. last year). Dodge and Plymouth have heavier grilles and bumpers. All interiors have new fabrics-and design...