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Short (5 ft. 8 in.) and bowlegged. Rod Laver is not in the same bracket with Don Budge. The son of a Queensland sheepherder, he is temperamental, easily thrown off stride by the bad breaks of a match. He lacks the cannonlike power of a Hoad or the dexterity of a Rosewall. Instead, he relies on craftiness and a unique ability to reset his wrist in mid-stroke-just before contact with the ball -that permits him to hit the ball flat, give it top spin, or impart a low-bouncing underspin. At Wimbledon last week, everything worked...
...political exile. While working for the WPA, he did U.S. street scenes, landscapes, and "some very terrible murals." It was not until World War II, when he withdrew to his studio to paint "a war I did not see but a war I felt," that he hit his current stride. With the technique of the Spanish masters and the memory of Goya's Disasters of War, he turned out a series in which unearthly creatures marched and attacked in an eerie portrayal of all wars. It was a remarkable series, and his most ambitious, until he tackled the tragedy...
...Shots. But most Americans took it pretty much in stride-and many could even find humor in the situation. Chicago's Creative Research Associates Inc. interviewed nearly 200 ticker watchers, reported that 76% of them believed the market shakedown had been inevitable. In Los Angeles, an elderly investor laughed as he looked at the worried faces in front of a stock board. "Some of them got caught short on margin, you know," he chuckled. "They got burned plenty bad. I'll bet they won't try and be big shots again with somebody else's money...
...Boyards [noblemen] that 'not only Bulgaria, but the Greek Empire in Europe, together with Bohemia and Hungary, ought to undergo the rule of Russia.' " Marx also quoted Derzhavin, poet laureate to Russian Empress Catherine II (1729-96): "Of what use are allies to thee, O Russian? Stride forth, and thine is the whole world...
...best freshman shot putter Harvard has had, according to coach Ed Stowell. John Bakkenson just set a new Harvard record when he threw the discuss over 160 feet in the West Point meet. Nonetheless, Stowell still feels that many on the squad have not quite hit their stride...