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In Major League Baseball last night, the Cincinnati Redlegs defeated the world-champion Brooklyn Dodgers 3 to 1. In other games, the Cleveland Indians nosed out the Washington Senators 3 to 2, and the Baltimore Orioles did the same to the Chicago White Sox.

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: National Sports | 5/2/1956 | See Source »

At breakfast next morning cops intercepted a letter for B. & K. It contained one snub-nosed bullet and a warning that "each of you will get one of these inside you." On the way to the Lord Mayor of London's luncheon, there were boos along the route. Said...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: THE KREMLIN: Courtiers B. & K. | 4/30/1956 | See Source »

The delegates had but one choice for Tunisia's first Premier as an independent nation. It was Habib Bourguiba, the hawk-nosed, voluble lawyer who led his country to sovereignty through 26 years of agitation, exile and imprisonment.

Author: /time Magazine | Title: TUNISIA: Man of Moderation | 4/23/1956 | See Source »

The U.S. got its first look, last week, at one of the world's fastest jet fighters as the Air Force lifted the security ban on pictures of Lockheed's lightweight F-104 Starfighter. Instead of sharply swept wings like most of the new Century Series jets (TIME...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: AVIATION: The Starfighter | 4/23/1956 | See Source »

Slip-Stick Specialist. Fangio's swift, shovel-nosed, 34-liter Ferrari had all the power and acceleration a skillful driver needs, but its conventional drum-and-shoe brakes were not designed for that demanding course. The best of Fangio's competitors had cars that seemed better fitted. Former...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Sport: The Big If | 4/2/1956 | See Source »

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