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Staring nervously out the clubhouse windows at the remorseless rain, young (23) Righthander Rex Barney scuffed the floor with his spikes. To keep the Dodgers in their waning National League pennant race (see above), he really had to win this one; the Bums had lost eight of the last ten, and dropped from first to third place. Besides, Mrs. Barney had got a baby-sitter and had come to watch, and Rex owed her a no-hitter (he had promised it after he pitched a one-hitter, nearly a month ago). If only the rain would stop . . . A Polo Grounds...
...almost an hour late, the tarpaulins had been hauled away. In the first inning, with only one out, Rex filled the bases with Giants-on a walk, his own error, and another walk. Between fast balls, he could still taste that hot dog. Manager Burt Shotton eyed the Dodger bullpen. Then, on a change-of-pace pitch, Willard Marshall grounded to Second Baseman Jackie Robinson for a double play...
Communists must have snickered. As every good Communist knows, '"deviationism" is the primary sin in Moscow's decalogue. But Henry's little puff of DDT seemed to please Rex Tugwell, who said he was now "very happy...
...Actor Rex ("Sexy Rexy") Harrison went to court to get a reduction in the $24,000-a-year alimony he was paying next-to-latest wife Noel; but Noel appealed, with a protest of her own: he was $28,000 behind in payments...
...willed just about everything since to be severe and dry, a kind of music he regards as "more mature." In the years since The Rite, Stravinsky has turned out some 60 works, including The Wedding which is virtually a textbook today in some music classes; a remarkable oratorio, Oedipus Rex; The Soldier's Tale, Symphonies for Wind Instruments, Symphony in Three Movements, a Violin Concerto. All are as precisely and beautifully made as a fine watch-and, say his critics, most are about as emotional...