Word: run
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...bathe their children, the French army's Sections Administratives Specialises officers have done surprisingly well in some spots with the 700,000 regrouped Moslems in their care. Thirty miles south of Algiers the S.A.S. have built from scratch the Village du Sahel. It has modern schools, electricity and running water, army-built stone-and-plaster houses and shops. Its men have found work locally as agricultural laborers or herdsmen. In showcase Sahel, the greatest fear is being turned out of the new town. Says one resettled Moslem: "Provided the army stays to run our schools and hospital, we will...
...Shepard is hardly satisfied yet, this summer will deluge parents with letters urging them to keep children studying on their own for a head start next fall. "Why should a boy strive to overcome all obstacles and get a college degree and then have to run an elevator?" he asks. "Because we simply cannot base our possibilities on present limitations. They might be swept away tomorrow by the president of the company, and then it would be too late for preparation...
...quipped as he made a small wager at a Reno gambling table: "I probably shouldn't do this-I might make a million." (He didn't.) As editorial boss of Izvestia (circ. 1,800,000). Adzhubei may some day give the monolithic Pravda (5,560,000) a run for its kopecks...
...U.P.I.'s grief was nothing compared to the tabloid New York Mirror's gaffe. Relying on the advance briefing, the Mirror assumed that the raid had run according to form, made it the banner story (lOO POLICE RAID B'KLYN VICE DENS), and hit the street next morning playing the farce for fact...
...like a butterfly, then breaks sharply and unpredictably. One night last week his knuckler broke all over the place, kept the bug-eyed New York Yankees flailing futilely. For Wilhelm it was a four-hit shutout, his seventh victory of the year without a loss, and brought his earned-run average down to 1.12-best in the major leagues. At 35, well-built (6 ft., 197 Ibs.) Hoyt Wilhelm is better than he has ever been before-and especially deadly against the Yankees. Since he went over to the American League in 1957, Wilhelm has allowed the Yankees just four...