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...special British school in Singapore. He commanded the Communists' daringly successful "3rd Independent Force" during the Japanese occupation, after the war turned the regiment against the British. By 1953, he had only one superior among the Communists of the south-a terrorist named Ah Kuk, and known as "Shorty." Shorty's own bodyguards soon took care of that. Learning that there was $66,000 on their master's head, they decided to deliver that head-minus the body-to the police. After that, Hor Lung was in complete command of scores of villages in Johore...
...than their real value. The best defense that network officials and their spring-legged pressagents could make in private was that the quiz shows were not really crooked but only hippodromed, like a wrestling match; i.e., they merely rig the questions so that any contestant whose weak spots are known can be made to win or lose...
Sporting Life has long tolerated a screwball tradition. Best-known character in its raffish staff of olden days was its longtime (1925-37) editor, a retired army captain named Chris Towler. From writing for a dog magazine, Towler learned a deft touch with copy, prodded staffers into developing a brisk, racy style. But he gambled heavily and badly, often forced his reporters to open accounts at banks where he was overdrawn in order to get a supply of blank checks...
Wanted: a Senior. Harvey Mudd is the youngest of five schools closely grouped in the Associated Colleges at Claremont, Los Angeles County. The others: coed Pomona College, the oldest (founded 1887) and best known; Claremont College, a graduate school; Claremont Men's College; and Scripps College (for women). The five have separate faculties and endowments, share a central business office, a library, infirmary and auditorium...
...mirror, Velàsquez occasionally caught sight of the King and Queen stopping to see how the sittings were progressing. Seized by new inspiration, Velàsquez ordered a huge canvas, quickly painted the whole mirror scene, including his own self-portrait, the only authentic one known to exist...