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...palaces. Skouras also took over the Fox Metropolitan theater group, rescued it from bankruptcy and wound up in 1942 as head of the entire 20th Century-Fox empire. He pioneered revolutionary techniques like CinemaScope and presided over the production of dozens of screen classics, including The Robe, The Snake Pit and Gentleman's Agreement. Blamed for massive losses incurred partly by the $30 million epic Cleopatra, he resigned as Fox president in 1962 and later took the helm of the Prudential-Grace shipping lines...
Opinion v. Law. Said Minnesota's Democratic Senator Walter Mondale, who shepherded the Senate version of the school assistance bill: "I do not think that in the long term this country will reward the President for attempting to pit public opinion against the rule of law announced by the Supreme Court." In New York, the N.A.A.C.P. Legal Defense and Education Fund said that it may intervene in the Austin case in advocacy of the HEW plan...
...walk or ride, a grassy knoll up which they can crawl, and a periscope through which they can peer over the fence. Shallow pools are set waist high so that wheelchair patients can bathe their dolls or sail their boats, and a huge foam-rubber mattress cushions a play pit for the more disabled. To give the children the experience of height, the park's designers have created a pair of redwood tree houses in real trees, reached by ramps from the ground. In one tree house, the youngsters will find a curved, enclosed slide that will give them...
...Then as a great, oppressive silence fell over the spectators, Gourdin started, his spikes swishing through the air. They flashed in the sunlight and his powerful strides had carried him to the edge of the jumping pit. He had measured his stride perfectly, and he did not have to falter or shorten or lengthen it. Then he bunched his strong body together, and, as he leaped high and far, it looked as if he were a human projectile fired from some unseen and unheard...
...fifth in the early stages of the race, behind Revision, and the three-way first place duel between Follmer and Javelin drivers Mark Donohue and Tony Adamowicz. Gregg moved up to second when Donohue spun out of the lead and stalled. Adamowicz broke down, and Revson made a long pit stop. Driving a smooth, steady race, Gregg never relinquished second place to his pursuers, and took over the lead briefly when teammate Follmer pitted for fuel...