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...sympathy whatever, so far as I am aware, has ever been expended on the white man living among Negroes... To live habitually as a superior among inferiors,...to live among a people whom, because of their needs, one must in common decency protect and defend is a sore burden in a world where one's own troubles are about all any life can shoulder...
Petrocelli, coming back after nursing a sore elbow for a couple of days, lined two doubles and a single. He drove in one run and scored three...
...apartment building's owner, George Rothman of Newton, said yesterday, "I don't understand these people who want to preserve the building. It's in deplorable condition, looks like a sore thumb and putting in a more modernistic building would enhance the neighborhood's value...
...Hurok's hotel. There was, said the operator, a lady friend of 20 years' standing who wished to speak to him. "That's not nearly long enough," said Hurok, refusing to take the call. He got the message anyway. Callas was canceling because of a sore throat. The 2,800 fans, some of whom had paid as much as $100 a ticket, were disappointed, even tearful, but not altogether surprised. Maria had done the same thing in London in September. Many promised to try again when the volatile soprano is next scheduled to visit New York, later...
Casting hoop squads is not casting dice, and perhaps grouping platoons of guards and forwards that complement each other and attack the enemy's sore spots would shift the emphasis from individual starting slots to final scoreboard tallies...