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Last week the hormone's peculiar potency was illustrated in two places half the world apart. New Zealand Housewife Shirley Ann Lawson-a descendant of Bounty Mutineer Fletcher Christian-gave birth to four girls and a boy in Auckland's National Women's Hospital. Only two days later, Karin Ohlsen, 33-year-old wife of a Swedish teacher, delivered three boys and two girls in Falun General Hospital near Stockholm. Both mothers had been given injections of Gemzell's hormone, and both women reacted by producing at least five ova at the same time. By midweek...
Ever since New Zealand's Peter Snell stormed from behind to win the 800-meter race in the 1960 Olympics, he has dominated the middle distances like no other runner in history. He set new world records for 800 meters (1 min. 44.3 sec.), 880 yds. (1 min. 45.1 sec.), 1,000 meters (2 min. 16.6 sec.), and one mile (3 min. 54.1 sec.); he outclassed all challengers at the 1964 Olympics, won both the 800-meter and the 1,500-meter races...
Honors followed in his fast footsteps. Queen Elizabeth made him a Member of the Order of the British Empire, promoted him to Officer of the Order of the British Empire. He was New Zealand's new national hero. Then Snell began to think about quitting-while he was ahead. He wanted to spend time with his young wife Sally and at his job in public relations for Rothmans cigarette company in New Zealand. So last fall, he decided to top off his triumphal career with one last world tour...
...work quite as hard as I did for Tokyo," said Snell. "I more or less achieved what I had set out to do and proved myself the best at the Olympics. I endeavored to hold on for the tour, but it just wasn't possible." Fans in New Zealand felt that if Snell had eased up on his training, it was because he had been a reluctant hero from the start, had never been able to summon the insatiable competitive instincts that keep driving most champions. When his superb conditioning faded, so too did his desire...
Makeup for Men? Today Warner-Lambert makes more than 500 products, has recently opened factories in Morocco and Nigeria, has 44 other facilities abuilding or in the design state from Argentina to New Zealand. Under Driscoll, sales have nearly tripled; last year, on a volume of $335 million, earnings after taxes grew 14% to a record $34 million. Says the growth-minded Governor, who retains a politician's knack for sharpening a cliche: "I regard eggs in many baskets as one of our prime strengths...