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Cambridge police ordered 14 cars towed away last week as their campaign against night-time parking violations by out-of-state cars hit full stride...
When he returned to the Yankees in 1946, there was no more of the old booing. After his long layoff, he had one poor season, then struck his stride last year and edged out Ted Williams for the American League's "Most Valuable Player" award (his third). Gruffed Williams: "It took the big guy to beat me, didn...
...word has spread through the hills of Anatolia. Turks stride with new confidence along the banks of the swift Kizil Irmak. They know now that the Russians cannot win. Have not the incredible Americans trained dogs to fly airplanes...
...Jews of Europe had to wear long curls; many young Israelis of Tel Aviv favor crew cuts in the American-or Prussian-style. Israeli girls, who run to the buxom bucolic type, stride the streets in slacks or shorts. Many have gone into the CHEN, Israeli version of the WAC. The young people turn their backs on sentimental, nostalgic, masochistic traditional Jewish art. Such plays as the great Yiddish drama, The Dybbuk, draw an almost unanimous "it stinks" from the sabras. Their strong, bronzed young hands have no tendency to rend their open-necked sport shirts in grief...
...Detroit, 200-lb. Bob Lemon of the Cleveland Indians, a revamped third baseman, took a big stride toward becoming 1948's pitcher-of-the-year by twisting the Detroit Tigers' tail as no pitcher had before him in 26 years. He gave no hits, only three walks. It was his eleventh win of the season (against six defeats) and the American League's first no-hitter under lights...