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Pete Barber came in to pitch for Dartmouth in the fifth, Neville greated him with a triple and Stephenson smashed the longest home run of the season, a line job that landed well back of the 360-foot sign in deep right...
...businessmen had rarely basked in a warmer glow. As it reached the 39th month of economic advance, the U.S. economy was in the midst of the longest peacetime expansion in modern history. First-quarter profit reports from every part of the U.S. showed that corporations were earning on the average of 20% more this year than in 1963. General Motors' earnings of $536 million were the highest for any company in any three-month period in business history, and huge profit gains were reported by giants as varied as Eastman Kodak (up 25%), U.S. Steel...
Even if the longest embargo in modern times is softened, how much can the U.S. expect to increase its sales to the Communists? Under czars and commissars alike, Russia has never been a major U.S. customer because it had neither enough hard money nor desirable goods to offer in return. Before the one-shot U.S. wheat deal, the largest recent U.S. sale to Russia was $4,000,000 worth of inedible tallow. Now Khrushchev says that he wants to buy billions of dollars' worth of industrial plants and equipment to make chemicals, fertilizer and other products. For that...
Hill Rise lost the first two races of his career, but since then has rolled up a brilliant string of eight in a row. As the races get longer, Hill Rise seems to get stronger--a distinct asset in the 1 1/4 mile Churchill Downs endurance test. In his longest race to date, the 1 1/3 mile Santa Anita Derby, Hill Rise missed the world record for the distance by only a second...
When the bridge-tunnel opened last week, its creators could safely boast that it was a wonder of the world. Its 17.6 miles made it the longest bridge-tunnel in the world, and, considering the time it saved, the $4 charge for car and driver seemed reasonable...