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...stop for gas. The gas tank of his Lotus held only 40 gal. v. 50 for the Scarab. In the pit, the Lotus's starter froze, and by the time Gurney got back on the track, Foyt was a full lap ahead. Desperately, he tried to close the gap, but the strain was too much: on the 42nd lap, the Lotus was out for good with a broken gearbox...
...statements that the University must eventually operate an art school in order to fill "the gap in Harvard's fabric," and that the "missionary attitude common to all the faculty of the center... are symptoms of an autofascination that we hoped the center would avoid" are at least provocative...
Prebisch is worried most by the growing "trade gap" between what is bought and sold by the poorer nations -in Latin America, Asia, Africa. From 1950 to 1960 their share of world trade declined from 30% to 20%, and their imports expanded much faster than their exports. On top of that, a world commodity glut held down prices of their exports-mostly food, fuel and fibers-while prices rose for the increasingly complex machines that they import. Because of the switch to synthetic goods and new efficiencies in manufacturing, the industrial nations are buying relatively less natural rubber, textiles...
However, two inescapable differences between the civil rights bill and most other measures expose the gap between the hopes and the actual potential for Congressional reform: (1) a majority in Congress will vote for scarcely any new legislative departure other than the civil rights bill and (2) non-legislative demands on Congressmen have lured legislators so far from lawmaking that reforms cannot retrieve them...
With six minutes left, Brown once again gained the upper hand, 52-51, and opened up the gap to 57-54. Guard Gene Dressler then hit a field goal and was fouled. This was the first in a parade of Bruin fouls that handed the Yardlings six easy points. They went into the lead 62-57 and never again relinquished...