Word: stops
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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Most of it is appallingly--untrue. Burnham cries that we must first reach out to stop communism everywhere, supporting against it Chiang, France, a strong Germany. We should abandon all attempts to "get along" in the UN, make unilateral decisions and implement them with force. Next, we should take the offensive, drawing first Latin America and then other nations into our new "World Empire," suppressing communism as we go. At home, Burnham would have us illegalize the Communist Party and crush all its "fronts;" his black and white approach leads him to lump the Federation of Atomic Scientists with...
Winner last month of his twelfth French indoor title, Borotra at 48 is still one of the four or five top indoor players in Europe. Last week in Manhattan-third stop in his current U.S. exhibition tour*-his free-swinging volleys and unorthodox backhand (which looks much like a ping-pong shot) were not in top form, but his ebullient disposition was (chasing a drive, he landed in a spectator's lap, apologized with a winning Gallic bow). Frank Shields's big service was too big for Borotra, just as it had been in the Wimbledon semi-finals...
...soft, staring eyes, tight smiles and ornate costumes. Actually they were made between 1680 and 1850, in a cutoff, primitive, fiercely Roman Catholic corner of western America. Last week 80 of them, on tour of the Pacific Coast, were on exhibition in Portland, Ore.'s art museum. Next stop: Seattle...
...final stop last week was Daingerfield. There the barnstormers were greeted by a court square full of people. "How much do you want?" asked one citizen. The answer: $20,000. The town barber promptly plunked down $150, said: "A guy just can't go wrong." In a few hours $32,000 was raised...
...final stop on the tour was Annapolis, where the Middies repeated the Maryland performance, the score this time being 15-1. As against Maryland, an impotent attack and weak defensive play by the Crimson midfield were the deciding factors, as the Navy boys showed superiority in condition and extremely aggressive play...