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Down off the southern coast of China, about an hour and a half from Hong Kong by small motor launch, sits the little island of Macao. It gets wet in the rainy season and hot in any season. Its population is more varied than that of New York City. For years it has been a noisy, busy trading center through which the West did business with the East, and both made money. No adventurer worth his 38 hasn't been there sometime. Along the South China coast they say that all roads lead to Macao. It seems a shame that...
AMHERST, April 25--A disappointed varsity baseball team checked in here tonight after travelling from Sprinfigeld, where a heavy rainstorm and wet grounds had forced cancellation of today's scheduled game at Springfield College...
...Wet Blanket. In Santiago, Chile, Weather Forecaster Julio Bustos was being sued by the mayor of Valdivia, who charged that Bustos' prediction of rain during Valdivia's centenary celebrations had discouraged tourists, cost the city 10 million pesos...
...three friends struggling to push a Pontiac convertible out of a snowbound parking space. "Sure," he said and braced himself against the rear fender. With a mighty heave they pushed the car free. It sped off down the street, though not before it had sprayed a thick stream of wet snow over Vag's only clean pants...
...goods, pick what they want from Sears' vast supplies. They run their own show-as long as they are getting results. The general can quickly tell when they aren't; each store turns in a monthly box score. As one top aide explained: "The general learned that wet-nursing isn't what develops merchants-and merchants are what he wants in his stores...