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...seemed to know how to lower them properly. The second boat down the side banged heavily against the ship, and then tipped over and spilled its cargo of passengers into the sea. Other boats had no bungs to plug drains, and survivors had to bail frantically, ripping off clothes that they could stuff into the open bung holes. In the panic on deck, most of the boats, each of which had room for 75 passengers and ten crew, were lowered only partly filled. The rest of the passengers went down the side on ropes or simply leaped from the deck...
When Bob Cousy hung up his sneakers at the end of last season, pessimists predicted a dark future for the team he left behind. "Cooz" was the playmaker the spark plug, the bandy-legged magician who had led the Boston Celtics to five straight National Basketball Association championships. His ball hawking inspired the Boston defense, his passes launched the fast break, his dribbling killed the clock. With Cousy the Celtics were unbeatable, but without him, the pundits predicted, they would be just another ball club. But what a ball club...
Sunset Supper. The ants never let the caterpillars out of their care. During the day they keep the caterpillars in individual burrows a few inches long, and plug the entrances with pellets of earth. A few ants always stay inside to guard each precious caterpillar cow. The burrows are always close to the caterpillars' favorite food plant, a low white-flowered bush, but they may be as far as 50 ft. from the ant colony...
...confidence, and cut wholesale prices to encourage merchants to push tuna in special sales. Related food industries-in celery, mayonnaise, mushroom soup-came to the rescue by featuring tuna prominently in their own ads. The U.S. Agriculture and Interior departments had their agents appear on TV and radio to plug tuna, played up tuna in food bulletins, and even sent "tuna telegrams" to wholesalers and retailers...
...will be missing the services of one of their most effective backs, Leo Swift. Swift was injured last week against Penn. Aside from Swift's absence, the starting backfield remains intact. John McCluskie, who has been the team's offensive spark-plug, will start at quarterback with George Nevill and James Halpern at the half-back slots. Askold Kohimann will be at fullback...