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...imprisoned by its Iron Curtain, but on the nations without. It was barely a month since Joseph Stalin died, yet in that short spell his heirs had launched a busy peace offensive. They talked of peace in more earnest-sounding tones than they had used since Litvinov's heyday. They made concessions where the conceding did them no hurt: a da instead of a nyet in the U.N. Security Council, a pardon for a drunken Briton held in a Moscow jail, an agreement to talk over the exchange of wounded prisoners in Korea...
...with a glimmer of hope for 1954-left Baltimoreans completely deflated. Ever since the black day in 1903 when their franchise was shifted to the New York Highlanders (now the Yankees), Baltimore fans have yearned for a return to the big leagues. The older fans could still recall the heyday of the old big-league Orioles, who won three straight pennants-1894-96-and boasted such baseball immortals as Third Baseman John ("Muggsy") McGraw, Shortstop Hughie Jennings, Catcher Wilbert Robinson and Outfielder Wee Willie ("Hit 'em where they ain't") Keeler. Baltimore's return...
...Nicola Monti, Nicola Rossi-Lemeni; Milan Symphony Orchestra and Chorus conducted by Tullio Serafin; Victor, 3 LPs). A fine performance and elegant recorded sound make this the first fully satisfactory LP of The Barber. De los Angeles' voice, while not so flexible as Pons's in her heyday, is brilliant and accurate in coloratura passages. Monti is a lyrical and affecting tenor, and Rossi-Lemeni's bass is almost too sumptuous for his tomfoolery as Basilio...
...Simmons (real name: Aloysius Harry Szymanski), 49, hard-hitting outfielder (lifetime average: .334) whose famed foot-in-the-bucket batting stance was the terror of American and National League pitchers for 20 years (1924-44). As a Philadelphia outfielder in the heyday of Connie Mack's Athletics, Simmons hit over .300 for nine straight seasons, won the American League batting title...
...companion, acts as business manager and secretary. "I need her," explains Mangrum. "This is big business." But at 38 Mangrum no longer feels that he is up to the demands of continuous tournament play. He also' feels that the competition is tougher than in Ben Hogan's heyday. "Those who have been trying for years are now coming into their own," tie says. "It used to be that four or five good players would take all the tournaments. Now there are 30 or 40 potential winners. That means you've got more players snapping at your heels...