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...that Audrey will mistakenly assume, silly thing, that Cary is the homicidal thief. There will be a long chase through the Paris Metro, which might prompt one to wonder how any healthy, adult male could fail to attain sufficient speed to catch frail Miss Hepburn clacking along in four-inch heels. In any case, it shall ultimately transpire that Cary is working for the govt. of the US of A (trying merely to repossess its rightful funds) and that the real killer is Audrey's trusted CIA agent, who isn't the CIA agent after all, but only borrowed...

Author: By Jacob R. Brackman, | Title: Charade | 3/3/1964 | See Source »

...basketball for most of the game, and until the final minutes neither Harvard nor Yale was able to amass a lead larger than four points. With nine minutes to play, the Crimson led 44 to 40, but Yale capitalized on bad shooting and ball handling by the Crimson to inch ahead...

Author: By Richard Andrews, | Title: Yale's Last-Minute Surge Topples Hoopsters, 61-53 | 3/2/1964 | See Source »

...disturb one inch of our ever-popular "banks of the Charles" is to rob us and our children of one of Boston's "crowning glories." We must not become an asphalt jungle...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Letters: Feb. 28, 1964 | 2/28/1964 | See Source »

Clay also has the dangerous habit of leaning back to avoid punches, and, given Liston's two-inch reach advantage, the chances are that Cassius will not be able to lean back far enough...

Author: By Peter R. Kann, | Title: Big Bear Will Flatten Clay Tonight; Rabbit Hunt Should End in Fourth | 2/25/1964 | See Source »

...careful to read the letter from Kukachin properly from right to left and top to bottom. If Quintero would allow him to forsake the occasional cracking falsettos in his diction, he would be perfect. Still, such subtle and rounded playing is rare on any stage. This man is every inch...

Author: By Caldwell Titcomb, | Title: Marco Millions | 2/21/1964 | See Source »

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