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...Jackpot Prize. Even the youngest tennis fans could remember rangy (6 ft. 3 in., 180 Ibs.) Pancho Gonzales, the self-taught youngster who smashed his way to the U.S. championship at 20, helped the U.S. successfully defend the Davis Cup, then cashed in by turning pro. The fans also remember a later, paunchy Pancho, a sullen, undertrained pro who got trounced by Kramer, 96 matches to 27, in a 1950 tour. Since then, Gonzales has been teaching and playing in occasional pro tournaments, out of the big-money league. But last week a reconditioned Pancho, fit and full of walloping...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Sport: New Tennis Tour | 1/18/1954 | See Source »

...give you an idea of how to get into trouble but never tell you how to get out of it." "A masterpiece is something you don't understand." "I'm going to read a book some time. I saw a quiz show and the contestant lost the jackpot because he hadn't read a book." "Who wants to read, Miss Hall? It makes you feel petunia."* ¶Amid a cloud of complaints about inflation, the University of Wisconsin found a sliver of a silver lining: diplomas, which cost...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Education: Report Card | 11/9/1953 | See Source »

...that can be mass-produced, in sizes up to 21 inches, and will be sold for only 30% more than comparable black & white tubes. Tbs new tube will mean a drastic cut in the $750-to-$1000 price estimated for the first color sets, and possibly a big royalty jackpot...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Time Clock, Oct. 12, 1953 | 10/12/1953 | See Source »

...Shaw, who started to write plays around 40, most dramatists do their best in their 30s: comedies from 32 to 36 (e.g., Shakespeare's As You Like It), tragedies from 34 to 38 (Hamlet and Racine's Iphigénie). Novelists are most likely to hit the jackpot between...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Medicine: Life Doesn't Begin at 40 | 8/31/1953 | See Source »

Naturally, the last word was George May's. "Next year the jackpot in the World meet is going to be boosted again," he declared. "The figure will be staggering...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Sport: Maytime at Tam | 8/17/1953 | See Source »

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