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Meanwhile, Quirk handcuffed the Crimson offense for eight of the nine innings. The lefthanded junior, who has pitched practically all of Dartmouth's games this spring, was handicapped by a sore throwing arm and had to take some speed off his usually formidable fast ball.

Author: By Kenneth Auchincloss, | Title: Baseball Varsity Nips Indians, 5-4, In Bid for Its First League Title | 5/15/1958 | See Source »

One man who really felt left out was the Dodgers' top slugger, Duke Snider. A fine lefthanded hitter, he slashes fat pitches to right field. And there the Coliseum outfield seems to stretch away forever like a vast green cow pasture. In his frustration, Duke undertook to prove to...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Sport: Boon for Batters | 5/5/1958 | See Source »

¶From the moment he entered Madison Square Garden for the I.C. 4-A. championships, Villanova's great miler. Ron Delany, 22, never seemed to stop running, though he never got around to running the mile. He had to run a qualifying heat for the 1,000-yd. title...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Sport: Scoreboard, Mar. 10, 1958 | 3/10/1958 | See Source »

Strokes, no matter how caused, have varying effects, depending on how large an area of the brain is affected; they range from instant death through complete or partial paralysis to temporary impairments of speech or other functions. In the President's case, doctors first noticed a slurring of his...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Medicine: Patient: The President | 12/9/1957 | See Source »

Seated with the Jerks. Kim's childhood, even as recounted by her family, was Spock-marked with classic difficulties. Her birth in Chicago on Feb. 13, 1933, came as a disappointment to her parents, Joseph and Blanche Novak, native Americans of Bohemian parentage, who had prepared only boys'...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Cinema: A Star Is Made | 7/29/1957 | See Source »

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