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...basketball game saw Branford, sparked by "Wolf" Larson, overcome a 17 to 9 deficit at halftime to knot the count with six minutes to play. But the Bellboys' modified zone defense, which kept Mike Post or Dana Bresnahan on Larsen while placing the remaining four players in a diamond formation, broke the back of the Branford attack, and the Bellboys won going away...
Mermaids Again? In Los Angeles, seasoned salts were baffled when the U.S.S. Caliente's heavy anchor chain got itself tied into a perfect lover's knot, had to be "untied" with acetylene torches...
...scientists study its results. The first four atomic bombs were exploded in the air. Their radiological aftereffects were relatively slight; the dangerously radioactive materials they released were largely sucked up into the substratosphere. But says Dr. Warren: "That second one at Bikini really ties this business up in a knot. . . . Literally astronomical quantities of radioactive material had become intimately mixed with the sea water, mist and spray which accompanied the formation of the giant mushroom of water which rose from the lagoon. . . . [Such atomic mist] will deposit huge amounts of radium-equivalent -anywhere from a ton to 100 tons...
...listen to Hollywood's Adolphe Menjou, fashion plate since the days of the silent cinema. He offered instructions. Among them: let the jacket sleeves be narrow, and the shirt cuff showing; never wear a striped shirt with a striped suit; wear suspenders instead of a belt; let the knot of the tie be loose instead of tight; let the trousers break just over the instep; stay away from jewelry. "The well-dressed man," certified the famously high-styled actor, "is never conspicuous...
...automobile needed repairing, but when he closed up, early Christmas morning, he decided it would have to wait. He took $1,500 in small bills, headed for the grim and grimy sidewalks of the Bowery. He walked up to a knot of whiskery derelicts standing in the shelter of a doorway. "Merry Christmas," he said, holding out some money. "Have some dough...