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History & Football. Even as a freshman scrub, writes Jackson, "I was engaged in actual practice on the field for about 20 hours a week during the spring semester, and during the fall my working week was boosted to 28 hours. Of course, this . . . does not include such things as evening movies of the next week's opponent, study time wasted because of fatigue, extra time demanded by game trips to other schools, and time spent in whirlpools and under heat lamps in the training room . . ." After four years, Jackson figured out that he had spent about 810 hours...
Jerry Blitz and John Culver took turns plowing through the scrub defense. Blitz particularly impressed observers as he showed more driving ability than at any other time this year. He is fast anyhow--he usually finishes first in the squad races--and his return to form may mean that the Crimson attack has a third real fullback, behind starter Tom Ossman and Culver...
After the all clear: ¶If there is dust outside, cover mouth and nose with a handkerchief (the dust might be radioactive), nail blinds over broken windows. At the first chance, change clothes, scrub with plenty of soap, get hair and fingernails clean (they might carry radio-active particles...
...NAME RIDGE is a barren, useless place with a few scrub bushes and a patch of reddish soil in the center, the result of a landslide in some forgotten rainy season. To the right, a dark gully scars its side. It is called No Name Ridge for the quite straightforward reason that it has no name. But No Name Ridge will not be forgotten by the U.S. Marine Corps...
...York City concern called Atomlab this week demonstrated "Radiacwash," a solution for washing radioactivity away. Where water and a strong detergent had failed to decontaminate a beaker in several scrubbings, it was claimed that "Radiacwash" got rid of 95% of the radioactivity in a half-minute scrub...