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...Foster went down with a crash and took a count of two. He got up, ran into more long, looping rights, was knocked down twice more. The referee stopped the fight. Vince Foster, beaten in exactly two minutes, 26 seconds, stood in his corner while his handlers put his towel and bathrobe on him. He was looking out into the crowd and avoiding the eyes of Manager Hurley...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Sport: Education of a Fighter | 5/23/1949 | See Source »

...Loyola's turn for a while. With Forward Ralph Klaerich doing most of their scoring, they brought the game to a 47-47 tie with less than a minute to go. On the bench, the Dons' 33-year-old coach, Pete Newell, chewed on a crumpled towel...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Sport: National Upsets | 3/28/1949 | See Source »

...been backed by Labor's red-haired Leah Manning. Mrs. Manning's argument: "If some doctors had a labor ward of men to look after, I think it highly probable that for the defense of their sanity they would give their patients something more than a towel and tell them to pull...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Medicine: Word from the Experts | 3/28/1949 | See Source »

...When a passenger had collected 25 tickets, he would turn them in for a numbered "gift certificate." Holders of each month's lucky numbers would win: a $15,000 house, six refrigerators, six console radios, six washing machines, six bicycles, 99 table radios, 99 pairs of shoes, 700 towel sets and-just to keep the gambling wheel spinning-2,277 tickets in the National Lottery...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: CUBA: The Best Policy | 3/14/1949 | See Source »

From under a hot towel the dictator resumed a conversation with some visitors; he rumbled a volley of curses against Guatemala's President Juan José Arévalo, Tacho's worst enemy and the Legion's most forthright backer. As Tacho well knows, Arévalo is winking at the arming and training of Nicaraguan exiles to lead a revolution against his Nicaraguan neighbor...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: NICARAGUA: I'm the Champ | 11/15/1948 | See Source »

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