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...year within four years. But Sedgman was sure Australia had nothing to worry about: "We feel that Mervyn Rose, Lewis Hoad, Ken Rosewall and other youngsters will keep the Davis Cup in good hands." Now 25 and at the peak of his drawing power, Sedgman figured the time was ripe to take over the professional ranks...
...time is ripe for a change. In seven years the U.S. has poured out $38 billion under the Marshall Plan, EGA and a hand ful of other plans, often badly and wastefully administered, which were designed to put the economies of Europe on their feet. As 1952 ended, they were on their feet, but the legs of some were shaky. The U.S. firmly believed that a free flow of profitable trade between the nations of the West was as great a bulwark to peace as arms. Somehow the unhealthy gap between U.S. exports and imports, that drained for eign nations...
...Apostle raised himself a little, supported by imperial hands. How bright the sunlight was, on the warm grey stones, on the ripe Roman skins, on vermilion and lavender and blue and ermine and green and gold, on the indecent grotesque blackness of two blotches, on apostolic whiteness and the rose of blood." After Hadrian, Rolfe managed to write a vivid small novel, Don Tarquinio, but then financial troubles closed him round...
...Prio Socarras, whom Bastista booted out of the Cuban presidency last March. Duarte turned over $15,500 for expenses and a $24,000 letter of credit. Manheim told police that he reported the deal to the U.S. State Department, and was instructed to "play along" until the plot was ripe. Over the months, he bought the surplus U.S. Army materiel and rented the gas station, only a grenade's throw from Mamaroneck Harbor...
...into the game knowing full well that it ought to win in a breeze, on the basis of talent and sheer physical superiority. The question is whether the physical battering the Crimson absorbed at Princeton last week plus thinking about the Yale game next week has made the varsity ripe for an upset. So hope Brown fans...