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...Under the code of Soviet censorship a foreign correspondent is not supposed to write anything that has not already appeared in Russian newspapers or periodicals. This state of affairs, and the scarcity of normal news sources, forces him to become an avid reader of Soviet news. For anyone brought up on the traditional, all-inclusive output of the American press, however, the Soviet press's ideological approach to the news takes considerable getting used to. Their press is not a people's press, although it claims to be. It is a party press. The Communist Party owns...
Well they might be. Robbins not only makes the atomic ring (see cut) and the Mix compass, but it turns out some dozen similar gadgets (the Orphan Annie dog whistle, Captain Midnight's code ring, a compass ring for Shredded Wheat, a radar ring for Peter Pan Peanut Butter) for the major users of box-top premiums. Latest to come off the top-secret list: a "weather ring" for B. F. Goodrich. (A tiny sheet of litmus paper beneath a plastic lens turns pink in rainy weather, blue in fair...
...violation of baseball's written code for them to talk to Bob about a job in professional baseball until he finished Central Valley High School. But there was no law against talking things over with the local coach. While the talks were going on, Bob Hansen pitched his third straight no-hitter. More big-league scouts showed...
Terming the philosophy of success a suicidal code of living, Zimmerman calls for order and system in dally affaire. At first, he admits, it may be difficult to acquire the art of carefree, but the ability, Zimmerman promises, can be achieved with unremitting practice...
...administration is difficult. In the first place, an Eskimo child has only a temporary name until he is about ten years old. In addition, families are always on the move. The Mounties have tried to solve the problem by giving each child a dog tag, with a code letter and number, which makes him identifiable no matter how often he changes his names or how far his family wanders...