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...doing so, it inadvertently gave aid and comfort to protectionists, who now argue that tariff reduction is unnecessary because the dollar gap is already closed (see chart). Data in the Randall commission's own recently published staff papers show that in 1953 U.S. imports ($17 billion) actually outran U.S. nonmilitary exports ($16.9 billion). But the dollar gap closed in 1953 only because foreign countries slashed their imports from the U.S., apart from military aid, by more than $1 billion. And the Randall commission staff itself said that a gap "of substantial size undoubtedly would reappear" if the rest...
...young camel and endlessly tolerant of abuse. He wore an iron ring through his nose, and around his waist a belt of lizard skins and tinkling bells. His father Abu Zed, was the potbellied chief of three African villages, and he was thoroughly disgusted with Gadein. Smaller boys outran him and outfought him. The village girls and, indeed, the whole village, laughed at him. "Here comes the lunatic!" the young men would roar. On the night of the great feast, Abu Zed publicly labeled his son: "You pig, you frog, you hyena, you almost-Egyptian...
...went out on the home team 34, the varsity, despite an offside penalty, moved across in seven plays. Culver smashed through the line three times, Clasby hit Lewis with a short pass, and then Lewis took the ball from Clasby, cut through the short side, knocked down one defender, outran two others, and carried one over with him after 22 yards of sheer determination. A holding penalty set the Crimson back to the 17, from where Ross just missed the point...
...major flaw in the Crimsons's performance--and it was a glaring, disturbing flaw--was its pass defense. Colgate receivers consistently outran the Crimson secondary; they hauled in a dozen of Dick Lalla's 22 passes for a total of 178 yards...
...meet figured to be a snap for the varsity until last week, when unknown Providence outran a powerful Army squad 27 to 30. Army has held the Heptagonal Title since...