Word: score
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Since 1909 almost a score of bills has been introduced to establish a litfle White House for the veep, but all have died. Now the movement has been given a boost by L.B.J., who knows the problem from firsthand experience. Naturally, everyone has his own idea of what kind of house the Humphreys need. Senator George Smathers has introduced a bill that would make a vice-presidential residence out of Admiral's House, a 14-room mansion just off Massachusetts Avenue's Embassy Row, now assigned to the Chief of Naval Operations. Another bill, by Democrat Mike Monroney...
Educators' files are filled with records of kids who excelled in IQ tests but who failed to live up to expectations. "A child may score in the 140s and yet be too darned lazy to read a book or do any of the tough groundwork, and he'll fail at school," says the National Merit Scholarship Corporation's John Stalnaker. "Another kid may score much lower in the tests but by sheer devotion to his work, he'll succeed...
Prokofiev's score, ably conducted by Julius Rudel, is appropriately dissonant and heavily percussive. Soprano Schauler, whose surmounting of Prokofiev's vocal obstacle course was achievement enough, proved a splendid actress as well. But then, as one who admits to powers of ESP, she was a natural for the role. As for seeing flaming angels, she says she took lessons from her five-year-old son, Jeffrey, who had an invisible playmate named Timothy...
...Reds won again, 7-1. That cut the Giants' lead to 3½ games over Cincinnati, only two games over the incredible Los Angeles Dodgers, who won their sixth straight in typical Dodger fashion; trailing the Milwaukee Braves 6-1, they fought back to tie the score, won the game in the 11th inning when Shortstop Maury Wills beat out a bunt, stole his third base of the game (and 88th of the season), and scored on Lou Johnson's two-out single...
Dartmouth performed its usual surgery on New Hampahire, running up the second largest score in its history with a 56-6 win. Indian quarterback Gene Ryzewicz ran for one touchdown, passed for another, and returned a punt for a third...