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...seemed certain that the new G.O.P. tax bill, whenever it came, would extend to all U.S. taxpayers the benefits now enjoyed only by the citizens of thirteen "community-property" states* and Hawaii...
...Thirteen Words. "In the days when I played, the opposition were bastards and barn-burners," Crisler says. That kind of approach, he considers, is now as outdated as the iron men. His pep talks are delivered in midweek. He boils down the basic difference between offense and defense to 13 words: "On offense, it's poise, finesse, determination. On defense, it's fury, fight, utter abandon." He gives his "offense unit" one kind of indoctrination, his "defense unit" the other. Crisler even has a "point-after-touchdown" unit-including a specialist place-kicker and seven of the biggest...
Since the beginning of the term, the Debate Council has accepted thirteen provisional members, who will be elected on the basis of their performance in the coming events, Beren revealed...
...Thirteen out of the 20 gold-medal table wines, furthermore, are sold under the name of the grape out of which they are made, as Cabernet rather than claret, Riesling rather than Rhine wine. Pinot rather than Chablis or Burgundy, Semillon rather than Sauterne. American wine names are beginning to make some real headway...
Speaking as a 1947 guest editor of Mademoiselle, women's fashion magazine. Marry Lou Buckley, Radcliffe, '49, thinks that a moderate length will be adopted by college girls. "Thirteen or 14 inches from the ground is quite enough for daytime wear," she said. "Tall girls will discover that skirts well below the knee are graceful and flattering to them, but extreme length will make short girls look henny...