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...Victor Krulak persuaded a buddy to hit him on the head in hopes of raising a bump big enough to narrow the stature gap. That ploy failed, so-bloody but unbowed-Krulak petitioned and won the right to join the U.S. Marines as the shortest man in the corps. His Annapolis instructors also rated him low-among the bottom 10% of the class of '34 in military aptitude...
...fact that Connie, the vocalist, who is also a girl, had the shortest hair of all, became the subject of nary a wry comment. Perceptive listeners also noted that she sang bass during the harmony while the males took over the higher octaves in falsetto. Rhythm guitar was played by a giant of a man with an Apostle's beard, hollow eyes, and a swollen voice. His guitar, slung low and hanging horizontal at fly level gave soul to his songs...
Neither of those pace-setters will be in the Preakness tomorrow, and Forward Pass should be virtually unchallenged in the early running. The Preakness is the shortest of the Triple Crown events, and Dancer's Image will have a half-furlong less in which to make his move. His trainer knows that, of course, and perhaps for that reason sent the horse on an unusually short and speedy workout Tuesday. But strongly in Forward Pass favor is the surprisingly mediocre quality of the rest of the Preakness field, which includes several outrageous longshots and little apparent speed to take...
...route to the CRIMSON from the Agassiz Theater opening of White Sale, Timothy Mayer's second original contribution to this year's Cambridge drama season, your recalcitrant reviewer paused a moment in Brattle Square. He has for some time been convinced that there is no shortest path between these two points, that Brattle Square, and perhaps most of the corner we occupy in south-west Cambridge, are located smack in the heart of what science-fiction writers used lovingly to term a "time warp." Four years of this town, of predictable variety and commonplace brilliance, can do that...
...Angeles Lakers obviously play on the side of the angels. Their starting center, Darrall Imhoff, is one of the shortest in pro basketball, at 6 ft. 9 in., and boasts a lifetime scoring average of only 6.3 points per game...