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Lingle passed Mullin with three laps to go, withstood a brief sprint by his challenger, and finished in 4:12.6, a Cage and meet record. Mullin, holder of the old record, finished in 4:13.7, which also bettered the old mark...
...such criticism is trivial. A polished cast enlivens a play that has already withstood the test of time. To begin its second season, the Loeb opens its doors with a bargain...
...gasoline engine on Monday morning-a tip-off that the inhabitants were prosperous enough to own a Maytag washing machine. Today, a remarkable number of the same machines-converted to electricity-are still washing clothes. Even more remarkable, the Maytag Co. of little Newton, Iowa, has withstood the churnings that have long since washed out most independent laundry-machine makers, now stands a strong second in the billion-dollar industry. Outstripped in sales only by Whirlpool Corp. (RCA Whirlpool, Sears's Kenmore), Maytag, in its own field, ranks ahead of such giants as General Electric, General Motors (Frigidaire), Borg...
...Pigs, on Cuba's south coast, a force of 1,300 wellarmed, well-trained anti-Castro freedom fighters last week launched a major campaign to rid their homeland of Communist dictatorship. They were defeated within two days by a better-armed, better-led enemy, who withstood their attack and delivered a crushing counterblow. The defeat, as all the world sensed, was a tragedy not only for Cuba's exiles. It was a debacle for the U.S. as well. Through the offices of the Central Intelligence Agency and the Pentagon, the U.S. had done everything to assure success short...
...lose to Columbia Saturday, an early Lion rally that routed starter Dick Garibaldi, withstood a late assault by the rejuvenated Crimson hitting power...