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...have faulted the U.S. for naively seeking to impose U.S.-style democracy on South Viet Nam. Conversely, others condemn Washington for supporting an undemocratic regime in Saigon. Both miss the essential point. Saigon may well suffer from instability, corruption and a feudal social system, but as Freedom House Chairman Leo Cherne has written, "Far from wanting to export these defects, the South Vietnamese ask only to be left in peace to overcome them. This is the real tragedy of Viet Nam-that history has denied it the chance to grow and evolve in peace." The U.S. is there to give...
...control of minor-league clubs, using them as training schools for future stars. At first rival big-league bosses hooted at the idea-but they changed their tune when the Cardinal organization produced Rickey's famed "Gashouse Gang" managed by Frankie Frisch and featuring Dizzy Dean, Ducky Medwick, Leo Durocher and Pepper Martin. With as many as 32 minor-league teams operating full blast, Rickey had a virtual monopoly on young talent. The Cardinals won the World Series in 1926-and over the next 16 years they went on to win five Na tional League pennants and three world...
Laughing 20's melts resistance with the team's first co-starring effort, Putting Pants on Philip, made in 1926 under Supervising Director Leo Mc-Carey, with George Stevens as cameraman. Stan plays a kilted skirt-chaser, accompanied by shamefaced Ollie through shrewdly orchestrated slapstick etudes. From Soup to Nuts is a tiny masterpiece of physical comedy, as rigorously controlled as ballet in its step-by-step demolition of an elegant dinner party by two nincompoop waiters for whom a dog, a banana peel, three whipped-cream cakes, and a lady in a sliding tiara...
Junior halfback Bobby Leo was nosed out by Dartmouth's Bob O'Brien for the fourth spot in a backfield that included unanimous selections Bob Hall of Brown Ron Landeck of Princeton, and Bill Wilson of Cornell...
Receiving honorable mention with Leo were guard Roger Noback, halfback Wally Grant, linebacker Jim Driscoll, deep back John Dockery, punter Harry van Oudenallen, all seniors, and defensive tackle Dave Davis, a junior...