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...there fast. But 300 miles of rebel-infested territory lie between the fort and Kalapur, and in crossing it a rescue party would stand about as much chance as a moth in a monsoon-unless, of course, the party is accompanied by an ingenious scriptwriter (Robin Estridge) with a trunk full of assorted jaws of death, nicks of time, hair's breadths, fell swoops, stiff upper lips, white man's burdens and whys not to reason...
...chief accusations against CAB: that it takes forever to decide even routine matters. Such indecision has hobbled the industry just when it needs fast action to deal with the new economic and regulatory problems of the jet age. During the first quarter of 1960, U.S. domestic trunk lines lost $24 million, v. a pretax profit of $16 million for 1959's first quarter. Bad weather and a spate of crashes account for some of the gap, but most of it is due to two major problems facing the airlines: fares are too low (at about the level...
...raise the car by hand, so he started to fiddle with the jack. Womanlike, Florence Rogers, 39, a 5-ft. 7-in. woman of 123 lbs., went right ahead. She grabbed the rear bumper in the middle. She kept her legs straight and simply heaved with her arm and trunk muscles. The car rose enough for Charles to scramble out, with only minor bruises...
...hard-driving pros who got their formal education in caddy shacks and found their relaxation at the bar-bunkered 19th hole. The Palmer breed, now taking over, is that of the college-trained family man with an agent to line up fat endorsements and a cooler in the auto trunk for baby's bottle. Less flamboyant than their predecessors, the new pro stars are nonetheless developing into distinct, colorful personalities who are drawing the galleries as well as the paychecks. And the gallery favorite by far is Arnold Palmer...
Innocence. One night Phineas has a new idea-a double leap. The boys climb the tree. Phineas balances jauntily on the limb, and Gene grimly clutches the trunk.. Abruptly the athlete falls. In the minutes that follow, as Phineas is carried to the infirmary with a shattered leg, ¶Gene tries to shut away a terrifying fact: in an instant of hatred, he had jounced the limb his friend was standing...