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He embarked on his first few toddling steps, painstakingly worked up to a complete circuit of the living room. After several months, when he had managed 15 times around the room, Valerie would ask him jokingly, "How many laps today?" It was better to laugh about it, they decided, than...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: People: Young Ideas | 3/24/1952 | See Source »

It is a shoddy case. The authors name some names and print some telephone numbers, but fact after fact hangs on the rawest form of hearsay, and the turn of many a phrase suggests that the co-authors worked with libel lawyers squatting alertly on their laps. Too many of...

Author: By Paul W. Mandel, | Title: U.S.A. Confidential | 3/13/1952 | See Source »

In the 200 yard back and breast stroke races, Don Mulvey and Ralph Zani, respectively, had no trouble pulling away from Lion competition. There was a question for a while that the men from New York would be able to finish either event. Mulvey back paddled the eight laps in...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Swimmers Top Lions, 68-16 | 3/3/1952 | See Source »

Rice was one of the first to congratulate the two FBI men. Wilt, winded and gasping for breath after his effort, was characteristically modest: "The two Ashenfelters deserve all the credit. They went all out. I'm not used to a long pace after running all those miles with...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Sport: Record Run | 3/3/1952 | See Source »

Bob Mello picked up another tie for third in the pole vault but still was unable to go any higher than 13 feet. Both Bob Twitchell and freshman Bob Rittenberg qualified for the finals of the hurdles. Twitchell, however, was left at the start, while Rittenberg had to settle for...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: '55 Relay Team Misses Record in B.A.A. Meet | 2/4/1952 | See Source »

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