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...Carrying 130 lbs. in the Inglewood Handicap at Hollywood Park, California-bred Swaps responded to one whack of Willie Shoemaker's bat and galloped to a new world record of 1 minute 39 seconds for the mile-and-a-sixteenth course. It was Swaps's second world record in his last two starts: he snapped Citation's six-year-old mile record two weeks ago with a mark...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Sport: Scoreboard, Jul. 2, 1956 | 7/2/1956 | See Source »

...seats are then divided proportionally among the victorious group. Since nobody in 1951 was apt to ally with either the Communists or the Gaullists, this method allowed the center parties to unite as friends long enough to win all the seats in the department, then as rivals to whack up the spoils. Basically, it is unfair, and most Deputies admit it. Still in effect, it was the only one with a chance of approval in time to allow Faure's early elections...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: FRANCE: Agonized Men | 11/28/1955 | See Source »

...assistant White House physician, who accompanied Ike. The weather was drizzly, so the President set up his easel in the living room and was soon absorbed in painting the view of the mountains from a large picture window. Later in the morning he strolled to a nearby pasture to whack old golf balls at a target; by 11:30 he and Nielsen, in hip boots, were headed for the trout stream. Within a few minutes Ike caught a fine 2-lb. rainbow...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: THE PRESIDENCY: Five Days with Grandfather | 8/29/1955 | See Source »

...Wholesome Insincerity." When the gubernatorial DC-3, The Grissly, is set down on a California runway, Goodie can always count on a welcoming swarm of local Republicans waiting eagerly on the apron. Goodie has a remarkable memory for names, delivered with a personal greeting, a quip and a hefty whack on the back...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: CALIFORNIA: Don Juan in Heaven | 5/30/1955 | See Source »

...circuit. He was winning too little to take care of his motel bills. Now he figures he has a chance to win any tournament he enters-even the Masters. And he is paying his own way. He has long since proved that he can use his clubs to whack out a good bit more than the price of room and board...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Sport: Big Mike | 3/21/1955 | See Source »

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