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...voyage to the bottom of the Atlantic was uneventful enough to satisfy the most apprehensive bystander. Every 30 minutes, Lieut. Commander Georges Houot and Engineer Pierre-Henri Willm reported by an ultrasonic signaling device: "Tout va bien" (all is well). At 3:23 p.m. a patrolling airplane saw the yellow steel hull break above the surface...
...think that the sober, ginhorse routine of existence could inspire a man with life, & love, & joy-could fire him with enthusiasm, or melt him with pathos. . . ? No! No! Whenever I want to be more than ordinary in song ... do you imagine I fast & pray for the celestial emanation? Tout au contraire! I have a glorious recipe ... I put myself on a regimen of admiring a fine woman...
...race before since they're illegal in my state. So when a fellow I know claimed he had a really golden buy in both the first and the ninth at Suffolk, I jumped at the chance to tag along. You've got to understand, this guy is no professional tout. Mike has practically worked his way through school helping long-shot jockeys boot 'cm across with controlled body English. Besides, it was opening day; you know, sort of like Ascot or Churchill Drowns only with chinos and beer...
...Tricks. Reynolds owes his sudden success to no flashy artistic tricks, but to a solid originality that has persuaded London critics to tout him as one of the most promising modern painters, young or old, to turn up in a decade. A blond, open-faced Scot, he first learned about art from his father, who had a passion for Cézanne and Turner. By the time young Alan was twelve, he was working in oils; two years later he was on his own, doing odd jobs (gardening, repairing bicycles, working on road gangs) for the money to paint full...
That certain day, heralding that certain season is here again. With luck and a clear track, they're out and away at Lincoln Downs this afternoon. Your trust-worthy tout has been ticking times in the blue grass all winter. Put your two bob on the free-running fillies below and you'll be barking up the right three-year...