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...Making its longest tour in 40 years was Manhattan's: 1. Original Oklahoma! cast...
...flexible price-support levels would go into effect. As the hot morning sun streamed through Capitol windows, the House adjourned, subject to recall by its leaders. At 7:15 a.m. the Senate followed suit. It had been in continuous session for 44 hours and 15 minutes, the second longest in history...
...Longest: 54 hours and 10 minutes in 1915 when the ship-purchase bill was being debated...
Only 21, Richie ("Cottontop") Ashburn is leading both leagues in stolen bases, with 13. If he has a batting weakness, rival pitchers haven't caught on yet. He hit in 23 consecutive games (the season's longest batting streak). He boasts a fat average of .379 (third highest in the league). In center field, he obviously needs polish, but he covers ground like a wing-footed dervish. His weakness: a none-too-robust throwing arm. Skeptics like to point out that many a brilliant spring rookie has faded before September. But Richie is already being referred...
...when Commencement used to come on the first Wednesday of July, a total eclipse of the sun caused the Corporation to set the date a week forward. It remained there for about a century. In 1764, the exercises were limited entirely on account of an outbreak of smallpox. The longest lapse of the tradition came from 1775 to 1782, when the Revolutionary War sent the College packing to Concord, and there were no Commencements...