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...weight-making again causes trouble. Bob Gilmor, back to his 167-lb. spot, had to do some serious reducing before he could face Dick Johnson of Columbia. For varsity captain Phil Burnaman, also, the road to the mat led through the rubber sweat-suit. Burnaman will face Dale Scot at 157 pounds...
...Durward, her armed escort. However, when the sinister birds pounce on their prey, the hero gives his all for love and sends them napping back to the knaviary. In the end it is Durward, the fly, who frees Louis, the spider, from his own entanglements, and the bold Scot wins the hand of his lady in return for the head of the villain...
...Scot, a law student and Princeton's number one man in 1952, defeated Heckscher in the finals of the same tournament last year...
...world's most frustrating assignment. Only two reporters are accredited to Buckingham Palace, representatives of the Press Association and Exchange Telegraph wire services. They act as little more than messengers, daily picking up carefully prepared handouts from the Queen's press secretary, Commander Richard Colville. A Scot whose titled family has long served in the royal household, Colville joined the Royal Navy in 1925, served on the royal yacht, was tapped by King George VI in 1947 to be press secretary, asked by Queen Elizabeth II to stay on as court spokesman. Dutifully, the London Times...
Partner, Not Pauper. Like the U.S. Southerner's maledictions on the "damyan-kees," a Scot's abuse of the Sassenachs is often more of an emotional outlet than a political platform. But the emotion was real enough for a Royal Commission to report last July on a two-year study of the recent "deterioration" of relations. The commissioners recommended further "devolution" by letting Scotsmen administer government agencies in Scotland for Scotland, and summarized: "There should be full understanding and recognition . . . that Scotland is a nation, and voluntarily entered into union with England as a partner...