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Crossing to the other side of the room, the Lieutenant and I inspected the 30 and 50 caliber machine guns, the three-incher, and the depth charges. To prove his calling, he sauntered up to the big gun, pulled a lever, slapped the breech closed, and joshed, "Wouldn't do to have one of my boy's hands get caught in there." I coughed slightly and agreed, sizing up the six-inch solid steel breech block...
...Redeeming his predecessor's conduct (which was denounced on the Senate floor by the late James A. Reed of Missouri), Ike offered the French Creek trout dry flies and a Colorado spinner. In a full day's fishing he caught a dozen trout. The biggest: a 15-incher weighing more than...
...course. But in the first part of the final, both lapsed into a duffer game. Stranahan repeatedly pounded into the rough, got into half a dozen bunkers and four traps. Jittery Harvie Ward unhappily flubbed his chances by missing six putts of less than five feet (one an 18-incher) in the first nine holes...
...beneath the surface glamour, there was plenty of hard work and courage. Withington had practiced diligently at his Holworthy aquarium, starting with small fish and gradually working up to the four incher he swallowed at the Friday night Union performance...
...brush makers are not giving up the battle. Sears, Roebuck recently began selling a brand-new 4-in. wall brush that can be broken down into two smaller brushes simply by unscrewing the handle. Next week Pittsburgh Plate Glass Co. is introducing a shed-proof, synthetic-bristled 7-incher for only $3.69 (v. $25 and up for 5-in. pig-bristle brushes...