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...Vero Beach, Fla. A loud, impulsive man who manages to give the impression of enjoying himself hugely without quite understanding what is going on, Norris Poulson began to wave his arms wildly and spout promises the moment he met O'Malley. With all the sentimentality of a process server, Walter stopped the harangue by handing the mayor a paper. Somehow, Walter had already found time to spell out in detail just what he wanted...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Sport: Walter in Wonderland | 4/28/1958 | See Source »

Conant was in Princeton delivering the third of the annual Stratford Little Lectures. A process server reached Conant at the home of Dr. Harold W. Dodds, president of Princeton University...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Clark Sues Conant For $150,000 Libel | 3/1/1957 | See Source »

...fictitious signature that "a man named Shelton" was a member of a Communist group on the New York Times. The Senate investigators assumed that their informant was accusing Newsman Willard Shelton, whose name was familiar to them because he had written stories criticizing the subcommittee. But when a process server went to the Times to find Willard Shelton,* he was told that there was no such person on the payroll. Learning that a man named Robert Shelton had a copyreader's job on the Times, the process server wrote in "Robert" for "Willard" on the subpoena and handed...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Press: A Man Named Shelton | 1/28/1957 | See Source »

...half of the court is called the service side; the other the hazard side, for reasons seen to become obvious. The "dedans," the "grille," and the "winning gallery" are three exotic names for holes which harass the unfortunate on the hazard side. If the server hits the 2 1/4-inch cloth spheroid with which the game is played into any of those holes, he wins the point...

Author: By Helaine E. Shoaq, | Title: THE SPORTING SCENE | 12/20/1955 | See Source »

There are two service lines forming a rectangle on the hazard side, and the server hits his serve off the penthouse and into this rectangle. The ball must be returned before the second bounce. The return may not hit the roof or rafters or above the play line and must go over...

Author: By Helaine E. Shoaq, | Title: THE SPORTING SCENE | 12/20/1955 | See Source »

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