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...ball was fun," the six-foot, one-inch, 185-pound Maras recalls. "Of course, I was too small to play tackle in that competition, so they made me a center...

Author: By Hiller B. Zobel, | Title: Ends, and Other Means | 11/12/1952 | See Source »

...Meyer, six-foot, 187 pounder from Darien, Conn., will start at center for Captain Dave Bodiker, in the only major Crimson lineup change. Meyer has been playing "really fine ball," according to Coach Bob Margarita, and he and Bodiker will alternate...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Freshmen Face Rugged Bruins | 11/1/1952 | See Source »

...Peron's New Argentina. The country is poor, with nothing like Argentina's rich pampas. Until next year's congressional elections, the new leader is expected to move cautiously. But trouble is due for Chile, and it may not wait. "Ibanez has promised the people a six-foot loaf of bread for a peso," said a Santiago lawyer last week. "When the people find out that he can't deliver it, he's going to have to use a club instead of the loaf." Few doubt that The Horse will be ready to swing...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: CHILE: The Horse Comes Back | 9/15/1952 | See Source »

...midnight, 400 Chinese attacked in a businesslike skirmish line. It was the first wave of a sustained, methodical assault by more than 1,000 Chinese whose commander wanted Bunker Hill. The enemy infantry charged up the open ground, ducking behind rocks and bushes. They ran single file up a six-foot trench that debouched in front of a row of Marine foxholes. They ran through a screen-of flying earth and metal thrown up by all the U.N. guns within range of the hill...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: International: Tonight and Tomorrow ... | 8/25/1952 | See Source »

Salvador Paz Guerra, forger and prison-jumper, who had smilingly lighted a cigarette when a judge gave him 20 years, had to be dragged from his cell. Jose Colombres, a six-foot, pock-marked murderer, knelt tearfully and begged to stay. When a convicted murderess' name was called, she split the air with a scream, "Virgin of Guadalupe, have mercy...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: MEXICO: Off to Oblivion | 5/5/1952 | See Source »

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