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...Missing from the parade: Red China, admitted at the last minute, and Nationalist China, which withdrew in protest. One late scratch: Syria...
After most of the argument was completed, Monte Appel, No. i contest man for the Taft forces, struck the unexpected blow. If the Foster group were seated, he said evenly, Harry Sommers would be re-elected as national committeeman. Or, in plain words, if Sommers would scratch the back of the Foster faction by repudiating his official delegation, Foster & Co. would scratch his by supporting him for another term...
...best of them were in the big race for the Bridgehampton Cup. The first of road racing's big three,† it brought a field limit of 30 starters. A host of disappointed entrants were shut out because either their cars or their driving was not up to scratch, or their entries were too late. A bang-up race from start to finish, it was not finally settled until the homestretch run. Allards, Ferraris and Jaguars dominated the big-car field, but the fans especially watched No. 15, a blue & white Cunningham C4R, powered by a Chrysler engine. American...
Britain has bird watchers for every hedgerow, but most of them do not scratch the surface of the bird world. The closest bird watchers in Britain are the learned Misses Miriam Rothschild and Teresa Clay, who comb the feathers of birds, probe their body openings, search through their nests with microscopes. They are looking for the lice, fleas, ticks, mites, flies, worms and other parasites which swarm over all birds. After many years of study, the Misses Rothschild and Clay have published a lively book, Fleas, Flukes and Cuckoos (Collins, London; 21 s.), packed with detailed information about the fascinating...
...Council's new plan would work no less smoothly if a few groups could present their lists periodically instead of putting them on record for a year. In fact, since members of unpopular groups who object to being on record for a year are usually the ones who would scratch their names from permanent listing, there would be fewer revisions needed when the time came to shift records from temporary to permanent status...