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...morning in a bus that was (1) stopped by a state police car; (2) slid into the police car; (3) went 20 extra miles so the driver could sign for bond; (4) lost the use of its windshield wipers through mechanical troubles; (5) suddenly found itself with no reverse gear; and (6) leaked...
...teammate gets away for a pass, Robertson can often do the job by himself. The instant his opponent lets his weight fall on the wrong foot, Robertson takes a giant step and starts to move like a sports car slamming into gear. Crouched over the ball, his left arm thrust out as a shield, Robertson maneuvers through the melee under the hoop until, in one blurred motion, he rises from the floor to hang alone in mid-air like a puppet on a string. At last he shoots-a precise, gentle release of the ball that is cocked behind...
...Redstone, a militarily obsolete but reliable Army rocket. Perched on its nose was a Mercury space capsule, designed to carry a man into orbit and bring him back alive. The capsule was standard size, but its interior had been tailored for a chimp and supplied with special gear and fittings for its non-human passenger...
Rigid & Regular. When their six-jet modified bomber lifted clear of the airbase at Brize Norton, England last July, Olmstead and McKone and their four crewmates were beginning a mission that was vital to U.S. security. Their bomb bays were crammed not with high explosives but with delicate electronic gear designed to measure the strengths and weaknesses of Soviet radar defenses. Theirs was a flight far different from that of Francis Powers. Theirs was a "ferret mission" of a sort that has been carried out for years by U.S. ships and planes patrolling the long coastline of the Russian heartland...
...place-and-show girl with any kind of luck and, even without it, still pleasant to watch. In a "small revue" that could scarcely be smaller-besides Carol, just Jules Munshin and a singing French foursome-versatile Actress Channing performs in three out of every four numbers, often shifting gear right on stage behind a screen. She is very much a show girl in how hard she works, very much more than one in how neatly she gets her hoofs, or her lungs, or above all her teeth, into a great many aspects of show business. Few mimics, moreover...