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...Skeptic Harbour went right on checking Ripley items for himself, last month wrote "the mayor of Delhi" to ask about an Indian dancing girl described as the "Human Top." Supposedly she could whirl continuously for 24 hours without breaking any of 24 raw eggs suspended on strings from her head...
Patty's triumph not only gave the U.S.L.T.A. some data for thought, it also boosted U.S. stock in next month's Davis Cup matches with the Australians. Patty, holding down a new job with a U.S. export firm, announced that he would come home for a whirl at the tennis circuit, try for the U.S. Davis Cup team. Pressed for an explanation of his new-found success, grinning Patty told the reporters: "I guess I just got tired of losing...
...Australia and Africa there are spiders that catch their victims by a sort of combination lasso and harpoon. They attach a drop of sticky gum to a length of silky thread, and whirl this apparatus around their heads. When something edible approaches, the spider slings the globule. If it hits, it sticks, and the spider reels in the victim-playing it, if necessary, as a human angler does a fish...
...paint his famed portraits of Washington* he did brilliant work there. Last week one of his best British portraits, never before seen in the U.S., went on exhibition in Washington's National Gallery. Entitled The Skater, it portrayed an elegant gentleman named William Grant taking a whirl on the ice in St. James's. Park. The picture showed that Stuart quickly learned the knack of making his subjects look noble and lifelike at the same time...
...limbs as presents for the ladies) and the big bar with a nude painting that lighted every hour on the hour. They jammed about the five dice tables, three roulette wheels and four "21" tables. The house had some fevered moments-gamblers from the competing Flamingo took a whirl at breaking the bank, but left in disgust, $60,000 losers. Movie Star Bud Abbott sat at a "21" table for two hours, finally got up with a quiet smile and $10,000 in winnings...