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composed of 96 round cards divided into eight suits, the Hindustani pack is called "Gunja-Kha," which means "relieving scalp." The suits bear such names as Ghulam, or slave, end Burart, or royal diploma, and the king, by keeping his hands busy playing cards, was unable to scratch his head or beard, keeping baldness at a minimum...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Library's Exhibit Features Unusual Hindustani Cards | 4/17/1948 | See Source »

...days of Soviet divorce at a pen-scratch had been ended by 1944 decrees. New laws further restricting divorce are under consideration. Said Kolbanovsky: "The time will never come when parents are reduced to the function of producing children and handing their babies over to the state. . . . Love under Communism will become even more beautiful...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: RUSSIA: Love on the Party Line | 4/12/1948 | See Source »

...hotly between first and second in the third to drive in the first run, and then dropped a clean liner into right over second base his next time up in the sixth. Charley Roche and Armie Essayen, the other locals to collect two safeties apiece, got one each on scratch hits...

Author: By Charles W. Balley, | Title: Suffolk Edges Varsity, 5-4, In Practice Diamond Game | 4/8/1948 | See Source »

John Caulfield doubled in the ninth to score Turner--on second after on error and a Roche scratch hit. The only othtr power forthcoming was a long fly which brought Roche home, but left the Crimson still one run short...

Author: By Charles W. Balley, | Title: Suffolk Edges Varsity, 5-4, In Practice Diamond Game | 4/8/1948 | See Source »

Crimson hitting was week, although the team was able to collect seven hits officially. Most of these, however, were of the scratch variety, and the real aids to run-scoring were the wildness of the pitchers and the vagaries of the weather...

Author: By Albert J. Feldman, | Title: Temple Edges Crimson Nine As Trip Ends | 4/5/1948 | See Source »

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