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Thursday: She is. Flicks tongue to wet lips. Teeth are gleaming. Would like to be swallowed. Turns her head and touches her nose's tip with one little finger, to scratch. Don't like her jaw. Love her eyes. Twinkle...
...time he was 32, McCone was executive vice president of Consolidated Steel Corp. Eight years later he left to form the engineering firm of Bechtel-McCone-Parsons, took on the added job of running the California Shipbuilding Corp. after the U.S. entered World War II. Starting from absolute scratch-its main yard was a swamp, and less than 1% of its 40,000 workers had shipbuilding experience-Calship turned out 467 cargo carriers and tankers in four years. At Calship, McCone worked 15 hours a day, organized the yard on an assembly-line prefabrication basis, stepped up production to record...
...warning that labor trouble was brewing in his state-and a request that the U.S. Government step into the situation. Behind his big desk in a massive office building on Washington's Constitution Avenue, Secretary of Labor Arthur J. Goldberg listened intently, scribbled down notes on a scratch pad, and then politely but firmly refused to intervene: "It's my belief that it will be a lot better in the long run if we do not move in at this time...
...after a three-year absence spent barnstorming in the Negro leagues. In his debut as a pitcher for the Portland Beavers of the Pacific Coast League. Satch showed that there was still plenty of spring left in his ancient arm; in four innings, he allowed the Seattle Rainiers three scratch hits, gave up two unearned runs. ¶Before 30,000 Bulgarian fans packed into Sofia's Vasil Levski stadium, Russia's Valery Brumel. 19, bettered his own world record for the high jump, cleared 7 ft. 4½in. at the world student games. Brumel...
...reports Editor Burger, food is best in the Northeast, worst in the South and the Great Plains, with regional specialties often an exception. But, says he hopefully, "the food is improving all the time. That is why we will have to scrap the books each year and start from scratch." Meanwhile, give or take a few stars, the tired and hungry traveler driving into Ukiah, Calif., with his family after eight hours on the road, can derive immense comfort from the knowledge that the two-starred Ukiah Travelodge offers a suite for $15 a night, with "crib...