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...Crimson controlled the ball in the early monents of the game, but couldn't pose a serious threat until midway through the quarter. Then Akuffo took a pass down the left sideline, beating the Yale fullback, and came in on the unprotected goalie to scoot the ball into the far corner...
Racing neck and neck, the yellow car and the red car both managed to scoot across the railway crossing just ahead of a lumbering locomotive. They barreled around a curve and into a straightaway with a traffic light shining green ahead. Just before they reached it, the light winked red, and two trucks that had been waiting at the intersection started across. The red car stopped in time, but the yellow car ran the light and bulleted broadside into one of the trucks...
...wire, the deadly current rushes about inside the body but, since it is not grounded, can go no farther and does no harm. Squirrels run greater electrical risks, but it is their own fault: they have a habit of nuzzling each other. A lone squirrel can scoot safely back and forth across a wire, but when a squirrel on a charged line touches noses with a friend on a grounded tower, or swishes its tail onto another wire, the result is dramatic: flash, bang, goodbye squirrels. For humans, messing around with high-tension wires has been even more hazardous. Linemen...
...hogging trip to the U.S., the visit last week from Italy's Prime Minister Antonio Segni was bound to be recorded on the inside pages. Indeed, Premier Segni was near to getting lost himself. Foul weather forced his Alitalia airliner into Boston, and U.S. protocol officers had to scoot up from Washington to pick him up and fly him back. When he finally got to Washington, the weather was so bad that the welcoming ceremonies-honor guard, music and all-had to be held in a hangar at the MATS terminal. Moreover, a few Italians were miffed because President...
...last found time to listen to Adriaan Mak's story. His wife and her mother Margaretha had fought so constantly that Margaretha had become "psychologically labile," his wife had lost their first two children through miscarriages (apparently due to nervous strain). Mother Muylaert, who seemed about ready to scoot back to Canada, added a final touch of endearment. Holland, she told the press, is "a horrible country...