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...wasn't a lark by any means. No question but that the road was rough at times, and we did ford a few streams (this was the rainy season). But we have encountered plenty of rough road during construction right here in Connecticut and up in New Hampshire...
Riddle of Cruelty. If war was agony to Gray, it was often a lark to Army Historian Love. War Is a Private Affair would make light reading for a bus ride to an induction center. Yet Love, like Gray, has a serious theory about men at war: "A man may deliver his body to the authorities, but he still maintains a will and a life of his own. In most cases he fits his private interest into the world in which he finds himself, but he does not give it up." To prove his point, Love tells ten stories...
CONGRATULATIONS ON A TIMELY AND COMPETENT JOB OF REPORTING ON "DINOSAUR HUNTER" GEORGE ROMNEY [April 6]. TIME WILL PROVE BOTH OF US "RIGHT"-MY GOOD FRIEND GEORGE, AND US AT STUDEBAKER WITH OUR LARK IN GIVING THE MOTORING PUBLIC WHAT IT WANTS IN SENSIBLE, ECONOMICAL, COMPACT CARS...
...Angeles to Kansas City, Mo. the honors went to a Rambler American Deluxe driven by Woody Bell, 44. The Rambler topped the 47-car field with an average 25.2878 miles per gallon; a Rambler Deluxe was second, with a 22.9572-m.p.g. average. Third place was won by a Studebaker Lark Deluxe, with 22.4422. For the first time entries were judged this year on an actual miles-per-gallon basis instead of the ton-mileage formula used previously, which favored bigger, heavier cars...
Compact Car: Rambler American Deluxe, 25.2878 m.p.g.; Rambler Deluxe, 22.9572 m.p.g.; Studebaker Lark Deluxe, 22.4422 m.p.g...