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Dates: during 1960-1969
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Newcombe feels that he might need to be Superman when he meets top-seeded Rod Laver in the finals tonight. Laver, who has won the tournament four of the past five years, wore down Rosewall relentlessly last night, 6-3, 5-7, 6-2, 6-3, Newcombe will have his hands full...
...Appeals. In Sweden, where movies are almost never censored for eroticism, I Am Curious (Blue), Yellow's sexier successor, has fared dismally at the box office. Booksellers in San Francisco, one of the nation's most permissive cities, report that sales of pornography have dipped 70% in the past six months...
...like a stone to the ground." He adds that "people talk faster than they listen, and you have to give them time to hear what you've said. Clever phrases make slow listening." Andy contends that his veteran colleague Eric Sevareid has discovered that fact only in the past five years and has "improved immeasurably since...
...employees up to what their counterparts in private industry were collecting a year ago. A deputy bureau commissioner in a large department, for instance, goes up from $30,239 to $33,495, his third in crease in two years. Some Government employees have now had six raises in the past three years...
...surprising that funds specializing in volatile issues tend to win big in rising markets and lose big in falling markets. In addition, a number of the newer funds are run by self-confident young men who, after their great gains in past years, have become convinced of their own infallibility. Now these portfolio managers must decide whether the market's upswing last week - when stocks rose about 2% - marks the beginning of a summerrally. One of the most successful young money managers admits: "I would be happy if we just broke even this year...