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...bats all vanished, to the delight of Dubkin's mother, who often remarked that "my darling son is going to the bats." When they returned in May, Dubkin was on hand to greet them. All were females and nearly all were gravid. Soon many of them had half-inch babies clinging to their...
...cigarette off another, occasionally waved his arms, and once climbed over the ledge and hung there by his hands. Police and firemen, called to the building, pleaded with him, but if they tried to inch forward, Jones cried, "I'm going to go!", and his would-be rescuers stood back...
...next year's prospects, Dick Manning, the six foot, four inch center, probably has the best chance among the freshmen to start on the varsity. Wilson completely revamped Manning's game this fall, teaching him to shoot from the outside instead of from the pivot where he played in high school. Manning's greatest ability lies in his rebounding, as shown by the fact that he took the ball off the boards 193 times this season in 16 games, several of them against taller opponents...
...second excellent varsity candidate is Paul Shaw, six foot, three inch guard who led the Yardlings in scoring with 201 points. Shaw owns a deadly overhead set shot, which he mixes with some clownish antics on the court...
...slices. The machine has a small circular blade that is spun by an electric motor at 65,000 r.p.m. Its rim, moving faster than sound, forms a cutting edge of compressed air much sharper than a razor. Hard metals can be sliced into films two-millionths of an inch thick. Since the blade does not get dull, Dr. Fullam believes that it never touches the work...