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...took over the lead for the next quarter, was timed at the half in 2:05.2. Then, with a burst of long strides, Wes Santee took over. He tore past the three-quarter mark in 3 :03.5, then reeled off the last quarter in a dazzling 0:58.9 to breast the tape in front at 4:02.4. His time was precisely one second off the world record set by Sweden's Gunder Hagg in 1945, and the fastest mile ever run by an American...
...People who have not seen the dangers in meeting craft and patience with breast-beating and haste, have attacked the Secretary because he forebore a Damn-the-Torpedoes search for quick results. . . . The Republicans may make fewer mistakes and they may even have more dramatically final victories to display four years from now. But regardless of their fortunes, they begin with an advantage over their predecessors: a solid foundation to build on. For this, the Republicans can thank the man they have attacked so wildly during the last four years, Dean Acheson...
...holy oil (containing perfumes of orange blossom, roses, cinnamon and jasmine, mixed with musk and ambergris) from an eagle-shaped vessel called the Ampulla. The Archbishop moistened his finger in the oil and made the sign of the cross on both the Queen's hands, on her breast and on the crown of her head. He spoke the ancient words: "As kings, priests and prophets were anointed, and as Solomon was anointed king by Zadok the priest . . . so be thou anointed, blessed and consecrated Queen over the peoples whom the Lord thy God hath given thee to rule...
...years as a desert surgeon, Dr. Clarence G. Salsbury saw only 66 cases of cancer among Arizona's Navajos, with not a single breast cancer among the women. To pin down the difference between cancer rates among Navajos and the surrounding whites, Arizona and the U.S. Public Health Service are launching an intensive survey. Then they will try to find out what causes the difference...
Huggins is still unashamedly upset over the high percentage of prostate cases which relapse and the large proportion of breast cancers which do not yield...