Word: spotting
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...first wife "died" in 1945; his second is described as a "handsome" woman from Tientsin. One of his four sons was executed by the Kuomintang; a daughter went to school in Moscow and married a Spanish Communist. Sharp-tongued and humorless, Liu Shao-chi has flicked a raw spot on nearly everyone around him. When Premier Chou En-lai suggested in a speech that no one could be considered faultless, he was forced to admit that "Chairman Mao and Comrade Liu Shao-chi and a few other leaders have achieved the stage of perfection." Liu even opposed Mao Tse-tung...
...himself a former player at the university. She proved so good last year that this season her teammates elected her captain. She plays in the No. 2 singles position, teams in doubles with the No. 4 man, Ray Hock (so far they are unbeaten). In the No. 5 singles spot on the varsity is another girl, red-haired Betty Rush, 24, a former WAVE who has won all of her matches this year...
...years a dog columnist and a roving judge of dog shows, Riddle has been bitten only once, at a show years ago in Tennessee. The offending entry, a basset hound, paid dearly for its bootleg nip: it was disqualified on the spot. Riddle is devoted to man's best friend ("I'm just a sucker for dogs"), but he considers biting (especially Riddle) the unpardonable sin. To a lady asking how to cure her dog of chewing on the baby, Riddle replied tersely: "With a .45 pistol...
Spray-On Starch. An air-spray starch that needs no boiling and eliminates clothes-dipping was put on the market by General Aerosols, Inc. of Shelton, Conn. The starch can be applied to wet or dry laundry or to spot-starch outsides of collars. Price per 8-oz. container...
...Gallwey defeated teammate Bob Bowditch in a challenge match yesterday and, although he is not making today's trip to New York, he will be at second singles tomorrow against Cornell. In another test match, Fred Vinton held his fourth singles spot against Jorge Lemann in another tense, three-set match...