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...Johannesburg last week, Judge Henry John Clayden convened the Witwatersrand division of South Africa's Supreme Court for one important minute-just long enough to hand down a copy of his lengthy (100,000 words) decision in the longest (385 days) civil suit, awarding the largest damages ($1,600,000) in South African legal history...
Behind 4 to 2, the Crimson put on a rally in the sixth. Seven men went to the plate, but only one run scored. Don Butters hit the longest ball of the day, a double to far center, to lead off. Two walks loaded the bases, and Neddy Felton, pinch-hitting for Arnold, sliced a single through the box for the score. With the bases loaded and only one out, Gallagher jerked Priere and sent in Buchanan...
Updike's entry consisted of seven pieces of light verse. The longest of these, entitled "Reverie," was "a Miltonic treatment of television advertisement," Updike explained. His other work, mainly satirical, included one piece on Helen Traubel, one on "Yesterday's Socks," and another on Igor Stravinsky's statement that mountains don't mean anything...
...with an investigation of the toll district in the middle of the 122-mile Overseas Highway connecting the Florida Keys with the mainland. Built 16 years ago for $3,640.000 the toll road ($1 a car, 25? a passenger) has long been the pride of Florida. It has the longest (seven miles) over-water bridge in the world, has been traveled by millions of tourists, many of whom agree with Florida's boast that it is "the most spectacular highway...
...IC4A indoor champions, were surprised in almost every event Saturday, but the javelin toss was the one which completely crushed them. Pete Morrison, Carl Goldman, and Ed Hurley all threw the spear further than any Eli, Morrison winning with a toss of 164-feet-one half inch, the longest. Yale was favored to take both first and second in the event...