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...suit, the Democratic senator could pass for an Ivy Leaguer. His pants sometimes bag a bit around the shoes, but, except for this, he hardly resembles the popular caricature of Senator Claghorn from the outlands. Church's speech is slightly nasal, but has none of the Khrushchev and the people of Idaho agree is abstract painting." But he can turn words and situations to advantage as well as amusement. When a student asked whether it was a good idea to send people like Senator Ellender to Africa, Church, reluctant to discuss the foibles of his colleagues, replied with a slight...
Leading the opposition was a 54-year-old lawyer and fiery Moslem Leaguer who refused to accept any solution to Kashmir other than a plebiscite, which would probably give the province to Pakistan. "We have nothing against Communism," he said, "but we cannot reconcile ourselves to Hindu domination." Sternly he warned
...wall for a 296-ft. drive in the third game. Sportswriters snickered; Hiller shrugged. Next day, with the bases loaded in the seventh inning, Hiller clouted a hanging curve deep into Yankee Stadium's rightfield stands for the first series grand slam ever hit by a National Leaguer. The homer tied the series at two games each-only to be untied next time around by New York's Tom Tresh, 24, everyone's choice for Rookie-of-the-Year and the only Yankee who batted over .300. Son of a onetime Chicago White Sox catcher, Leftfielder Tresh...
...individual salesmen would be. Only 25 of them are headquartered in Manhattan, and only seven actually have offices on Madison Avenue. Some are the lengthened shadow of one man: Manhattan's research-minded Interpublic Inc. pursues the sociological bent of indefatigable Marion Harper, a complex Ivy Leaguer, while Chicago's Leo Burnett Co. reflects the down-to-earth outlook of Founder Burnett, a Michigan small-town boy who once worked as an $18-a-week reporter for the Peoria Journal. Other agencies, such as New York's J. Walter Thompson and Philadelphia's N. W. Ayer...
When he walks to the plate like an outsize Little Leaguer, batting helmet resting loosely on his ears, hardly anyone in Boston cheers, or even boos. When he stands in to bat lefthanded, only the shortstop bothers to play him deep. The front office talks blandly of trading him, fans pass him blankly on the street, his manager bats him seventh and remarks flatly, "You never really know he's around." At 34, the Red Sox' James Edward ("Pete") Runnells is one of the most inconspicuous players in baseball. He is also the best hitter in the American...