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...telephone," boasted the artist. "Among your writers, the powerful one is A. J. Cronin. But Sholikov is more powerful, yes?" The scene in which the Russian is afraid-and afraid to admit he is afraid-to accept a few paperback books from a brother artist is a merciless ly cut cameo of intellectual life in Russia...
...history. Most colorful was the one between the Boston Red Sox and the Washington Senators in 1917, which was only recently declared "perfect" by baseball's official historians. The first Senator to bat actually reached first base, but he was walked by Pitcher Babe Ruth, who was prompt ly thrown out of the game for clouting Plate Umpire Brick Owens to express his displeasure. The runner was caught stealing, and Relief Pitcher Ernie Shore, called in cold from the bullpen, disposed of the next 26 Senators with out walking one or allowing...
...four Eastern colleges who present- ly sponsor separate boxing clubs include Dartmouth, Syracuse, Cornell and Virginia. Last month Virginia and Syracuse sent out questionnaires to several colleges which formerly supported boxing teams in order to determine if the sport could be revived as intercollegiate competition...
...Force statisticians went solemn ly to work gathering every detail about all "sightings," including those that were reported from mental institutions. They recorded the date and hour at which the spaceship was allegedly seen, and figured the position of the sun. They noted meteorological conditions, the reliability of the informant and his training. They recorded the color, brightness, speed, elevation, etc. of each "aerial object." They took account of related events, such as balloon-launchings. They noted whether the object had been seen by eye or radar. They put these details on punch cards and ran them through sorting machines...
...Without a Star (Universal). "Did yew say INSAHD the haouse?" Kirk Douglas, a new hand on the Triangle spread, is plumb dumfounded. "Wah," he gasps, "it hain't har'ly deesint." A little later he says to his pard he says, "Did yew heah whut thet maan said? INSAHD the haouse!" As they ride out to the ranch. Cowboy Douglas keeps shaking his head, he's that amazed. As soon as they get there, he wants to know, "Whin we gonna see it?" "After lunch," growls Jay C. Flippen, the foreman. After lunch, Douglas busts right...