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...with a clever story, jazzy songs and nothing too controversial or risque, unless your town is likely to be offended by dice games and chaste kisses. It's also weathered the years far better than most other golden age American musicals, with much more grit and character than, say, Oklahoma or South Pacific, which can really test the patience of even the most adoring parents. Plus, high school kids can be cute when wearing loud checkered jackets and faking exaggerated "Nu Yawk" accents...
...Beat Pepperdine 62-55. 8. Kentucky 7-1 Beat Kansas 63-45; Beat Miami 74-65. 9. Michigan St. 4-3 Lost to Duke 73-67; Lost to Connecticut 82-68. 10. Temple 4-3 Lost to Penn State 65-64; lost to Indiana 63-62. 11. Oklahoma St. 4-2 Lost to Fla. Atlantic 83-81; Lost to UCLA 69-66. 12. Syracuse 7-1 Lost to Ohio U. 61-55; beat Santa Clara 95-75. 13. Arizona 4-0 Beat Wyoming 94-84. 14. Purdue 7-1 Beat Xavier 71-57. 15. Washington 4-2 Lost to UConn...
...better personified the vitality of the American Dream in the second half of the 20th century than Sam Walton. A scrappy, sharp-eyed bantam rooster of a boy, Walton grew up in the Depression dust bowl of Oklahoma and Missouri, where he showed early signs of powerful ambition: Eagle Scout at an improbably young age and quarterback of the Missouri state-champion high school football team. He earned money to help his struggling family by throwing newspapers and selling milk from the cow. After graduating from the University of Missouri, he served in the Army during World War II. Then...
When the business began to emerge in the early '60s, Walton was a fairly rich merchant in his 40s, operating some 15 variety stores spread mostly around Arkansas, Missouri and Oklahoma. They were traditional small-town stores with relatively high price markups...
...Ling, an Oklahoma high school dropout, went into the electronics business in 1946 with a $3,000 stake. To finance his earliest acquisitions, he hired salesmen to peddle shares of Ling Electric Co. door to door in Dallas and even set up a booth at the Texas State Fair. Brokers laughed, but investors did well. "The genesis of our business was diversification," says Ling of his rapid expansion, which included everything from aircraft to baseball mitts...