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...floor of the Toronto Stock Exchange last week, Canadian traders scrambled for penny stocks like women grabbing for giveaway nylons, went on the biggest buying spree in the exchange's 100-year history. As exhausted clerks tried in vain to keep up with orders, the high-speed ticker lagged five minutes behind. When the siren blared the close of one day's business, a record 12,264,000 shares had changed hands...
Last week, playing in the $10,000 San Diego Open, Mangrum finally showed the strain of his recent winning spree. After a fine opening-round 68, he slipped to a fourth-place finish ($840). (The winner, just as Mangrum predicted: up & coming Tommy Bolt, 34, unknown two years ago.) But Mangrum, who once said of Ben Hogan, "the little man is the only one in golf I've ever feared." is still the man to beat in any tournament he enters...
After three early baskets by Boston College, the Crimson never again fell behind. The score was tied once with two minutes to go after the Yardlings blew a six point lead, but they staged a dramatic, last minute shooting spree to pull ahead again. Newly elected Captain Warren Kantrowitz of Natick and Hollis Hall sank two foul shots, and George Doyle's two field goals gave the Crimson the margin of victory...
...Cold Valor." Franklin hobnobbed with royalty and other big-name people -Mary Garden, Fritz Kreisler, Pablo Casals, Douglas Fairbanks Sr. At another extreme, he once engaged in a memorable ten-day spree with a tribe of back-jungle Mexican Indians who were fascinated by his red hair, and took steps to see that the next batch of children...
...surge in the great boom had boosted profits until, on the average, they were running well ahead of 1951. Aggregate profits of 386 key companies in 24 industries were 7.4% higher than in 1951's third quarter. This was the first overall increase since the post-Korean buying spree in 1951's first quarter...