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...time or another. Carry Back had trounced every other horse in the race. "The only thing that can beat him," crowed Owner Jack Price, "is bad racing luck." By post time, Carry Back was a prohibitive 2-to-5 favorite-every other entry was a long shot. Longest shot of all was a dark bay colt named Sherluck, who had won only one stakes race in two years. The odds on Sherluck...
While the U.S. worries about finding jobs for its unemployed (see above), West German industrialists send agents roaming the world to recruit workers. Last week, in one of their longest reaches yet, the Germans signed up 700 Japanese to work in the coal mines of the Ruhr...
Once a year, Hollywood tries to kill off TV by driving all gogglebox viewers past he point where boredom becomes catatonia. This year's Oscar awards show succeeded dismally. It was the longest ever televised, and its entertainment value fell somewhere between Jackpot Bowling and the little white blip that appears in the center of the screen after the set has been turned off. Part of the torpor is by now hereditary. What was new was the annual Oscar awards' spectacular morbidity. The night dragged on as a kind of animated obituary, part Beverly Hills and part Forest...
...juggled past all recognition, and American League teams have had their benches stripped to provide players for new clubs in Los Angeles and Washington. There are six new managers in the two leagues, and the Chicago Cubs are trying to get along with no manager at all. In the longest season ever (each American League team will play 162 instead of the traditional 154 games), almost every record will be within reach. Babe Ruth's 60 home runs, Outfielder Jim Lemon's 138 strikeouts, all the endless statistics of other summers will be under attack...
...America. Last year General Manager Robert Hyland, fed up with 24 hours of music, decided on a final gamble before getting out. His novel plan: skip the disks for four prime hours daily and substitute news, interviews, listener questions and erudite conversationalists. After what Hyland recalls was "the longest pause in broadcasting," station staffers agreed to give...