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Geoffrion joined the select circle of only four active NHL players who have tallied 200 or more goals when he deflected a Jean Beliveau shot into the nets at 15:45 of the first period for a 1-0 Canadiens' lead...
After announcing he felt "constrained to select Wrigley Field as the site for the, 1958 major league games" of the Dodgers, O'Malley told reporters clamoring for more information that he is still in contact with Los Angeles officials on the possibility of using the 100,000-seat Coliseum...
...probably easier to select the brilliant scientist on an undergraduate level than it is to choose the highly talented historian. Certainly no department should award summas on a quota basis. On the other hand, the criteria should be harmonized so that the qualified student, regardless of field of concentration, has a fair chance to be graduated summa cum laude...
...only progress made has been leveling of some of the building sites. But. says a Burmese official: "The Russians have been quite amiable in their personal relationships. The British, who built our engineering college and polytechnic institute, were very exacting in matters of personal comfort. They demanded select housing for each family, complete with new furniture. With the Soviets we put 20-odd families into five houses, and give them secondhand furniture. There have been no complaints...
...years before the islands get dominion status (to be followed by independence), the Governor General, a figurehead in many Commonwealth nations, will have real power in the West Indies. A 45-member House of Representatives will be chosen in elections, the first next March 25, and the members will select a Prime Minister. But the 19-member Senate will be appointed by Lord Hailes, and it can hold up the House's legislation. As Queen's representative, the Governor General will have the veto over finance bills...