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...short life, the Prince has already chalked up a notable record in the prize ring. Proud possessor of 13 ribbons, he has won championships in six states (latest title: Southwestern Grand Champion). To Danciger, who sold his oil company for $42 million in 1951, the Prince seemed a prize investment. Working at capacity (which he won't) he can service as many as 5,000 cows a year by artificial insemination. Danciger plans to use the Prince to sire 100 calves this year, and since the Prince's offspring command a $1,000 premium over...
...divorced from instinct and passion, too cold for natural comfort, almost too good to be true. It gave T. E., says Sir Winston Churchill in a superb preface to the Home Letters, "that touch of genius which everyone recognizes and no one can define." but simultaneously it placed its possessor beyond the pale. For, says Churchill...
...Peoria" had been a last-minute choice to round out the tournament field of 24 teams, had marched ahead in a succession of upsets. The Eastern finalist in the tournament of upsets was considerably more imposing: Philadelphia's La Salle College, sparked by All-America Tom Gola, and possessor of a regular season record of 21 victories, four defeats...
Quite unknown to the majority of players, their coaches, and even the fans, such a sitting position is no novelty to Harvard quintets. Over five decades of recorded basketball history the varsity finds itself the blushing possessor of one of the worst win-loss records at the College...
Witte, a graduate of the University of Nebraska, said that of the 100,000 social workers in the country, only 20 percent are professionally prepared. Thus, he said, the opportunities for a properly qualified man--a possessor of an A.B. and at least two years of graduate work --are large...