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...Giants as a slick fielder but an unproven hitter. This season the graceful right-handed hitter from the Dominican Republic actually outdid the incomparable Willie Mays in the early going, hit a fat .377, slugged four homers in his first 13 games. Says Alou happily: "I learn how to snap...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Sport: Spring Heroes | 5/4/1959 | See Source »

...varsity lacrosse team should snap its four game losing streak when it faces Brown at Providence this afternoon...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Tennis, Lacrosse Squads To Challenge Brown Today | 4/29/1959 | See Source »

...toward the sun. Both surfaces of the paddles will be covered with a mosaic of cells made of thin sheets of a photoelectric material (probably silicon) that turns sunlight into electricity. The paddles will be folded when the satellite is in the nose of its launching rocket and will snap into position as soon as it is spaceborne. The array of solar batteries is expected to develop as much as 400 watts, about enough to run a small toaster. Most of the energy will be stored in nickel-cadmium batteries. When triggered by a signal from the earth, the batteries...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Science: Educated Satellites | 4/27/1959 | See Source »

Captain and catcher John Davis, a .345 hitter until this week, is in the throes of a temporary slump, though he should snap out of it this afternoon, and give the Crimson added power...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Nine to Meet Penn Today | 4/24/1959 | See Source »

...Tommy Kirk), who thereupon starts sprouting long white hair, soon finds himself living a dog's life. His father (Fred MacMurray) is of course horrified to hear him bark like a dog. The young pups who make up most of Producer Disney's audience will snap happily at this scented rubber bone...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Cinema: The New Pictures, Apr. 20, 1959 | 4/20/1959 | See Source »

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