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...visual impact and verve, the Nixon group seems far ahead of the Romney for President Committee, which almost surreptitiously set up shop a few blocks to the north in March. The Romney group, which includes many middle-aged pros and is led by Old Gladiator Leonard Hall, 66, conveys a relatively stodgy impression. The linoleum-floored suite is virtually hidden away on the Shoreham Building's eighth floor, next to the offices of Sidney Zlotnick, attorney at law. Nixon headquarters, by contrast, abuts the salon of Madame Dana, a popular palmist, who prognosticated: "His convictions come across...
Today the big-time games and the best pros are well-known at every wide spot in the road that boasts a TV receiver. And television has done more than merely educate the fan; it has improved the player. Babe Ruth may have been a hero to kids who never saw the inside of Yankee Stadium, but most of those kids never saw the Babe. Today, youngsters anywhere in the U.S. can see their heroes, watch them play, and copy their style. "Television," says University of Florida Football Coach Ray Graves, "is the best teaching aid any coach could have...
...than a foot and a half above Hamilton's "ultimate" limit. The foot ball has been narrowed and shortened twice since 1930 to make it easier to hold and throw; and each alteration in its shape has contributed to the wide-open passing game of today's pros. In baseball, oversized fielder's gloves with all-but-magnetic pockets have had a noticeably negative effect on batting averages. The lively "rabbit ball" has almost everyone swinging for the fences, and the modern game has a pragmatic maxim: "Singles hitters drive Chevrolets; home run hitters drive Cadillacs...
...where angels-and Scranton-had trod to their regret. As his administration's first major project, he chose revision of the state's antiquated constitution. Since the voters had already nixed six previous attempts (including one by Scranton) to change the 93-year-old constitution, old political pros gave Shafer's ambitious scheme less chance than a wallflower at a garden party. Last week Pennsylvanians rewarded the Governor's bold effort, approving a constitutional convention by a margin of nearly 400,000 votes...
Included in the RGA legislation is a judicial system defining maximum and minimum punishment for infraction of the rules. Punishments will consist of warnings -- one hour of bells or its equivalent -- and pros, defined as one Friday or Saturday night upstairs in the dormitory...