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Robert Kiphuth, Yale's varsity coach, made a grand appearance after that. Talking about the various strokes, Kiphuth called Joe Verdeur, Allan Stack, and Ray Reid from the bench. Like trained seals they stood beside the pool. When Kiphuth mentioned the breastroke. Verdeur slithered into the water and chopped it into foam while empathetic little girls on the sidelines ogled. Then Stack plunged in at the mention of the backstroke. Then Reid swam 100-yards freestyle. After a practice 150-yard medley relay, Kiphuth lined them up for a 300-yard relay. He turned from the microphone and called...
...Tennessee Valley Authority got started in the early days of the New Deal, an ear-splitting shrick burst from conservative ranks. The TVA was charged with being: (a) a power-mad bureaucracy (b) a giant Democratic boondoggle (c) a violation of states' rights, and other things too horrible to mention. Needless to say, the TVA proved to be none of these evils and in fact it brought the Middle South back to life. Its success started citizens in other areas of the nation thinking seriously about more Valley Authorities, but thus far the mercenaries of the special interest lobbies have...
...McInnis has taught his apprentices to think and to field. He has a tremendous store of knowledge behind his sunburned, deadpan face. If he can draw from it to develop one more pitcher to match Godin, he will rank as a class A magician--not to mention coach...
...Paragraph 2, you mention "... tax-exempt foundations and charitable trusts which hold title to most of the property in Little's $60-million textile empire." Only two of Textron's 26 plants are owned by tax-exempt foundations or trusts, and one of those is the Tobey-sponsored Nashua-New Hampshire Foundation...
Your article on Washington society is both interesting and informative; however, the footnote explaining the official order of precedence in seating fails to mention the position of former Presidents. I know that Republican stock (for that matter, stocks in general) dropped to a new low on Nov. 2nd, but I did not know that it had dropped to the point where former Presidents ranked below former Vice Presidents...