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...first Legislature in Sacramento, Culbert Olson had learned enough to moan that the Laborites and assorted liberals who concerted to elect him had made a disastrous mistake. They let Republican conservatives retain control in the Senate, Democratic conservatives in the lower Assembly. Before it adjourned last week after the longest (133 days) biennial session in California history, California's Legislature...
...longest home-run on record, 515 feet...
Last year Dr. Charlie rated the longest entry in Who's Who, but he still remained a bluff, kindly farm doctor. He spoke of tumors "large as turnips," of goiters like ears of corn shedding their husks. On his fertile farm "Mayowood" he delighted to show guests his hothouses, which were roofed not with window panes, but with old X-ray plates taken from the Clinic. At night, instead of stars, curious visitors saw bones and intestines outlined against the heavens...
...Longest and liveliest part of the story tells of Glenn's shattering experiences as a Red trade-union organizer in a Southern coal strike (resembling that of Harlan County in 1931). When two deputies are shot, mass arrests hit both the Red union and its rival. Glenn, who is nearly killed by vigilantes, urges a united-front defense. But Comrade Silverstone, of Manhattan, sneers: "There's too much of the artist in you, Sandy." Silverstone says they will take care of their own comrades, let the others, who are "politically undeveloped," take care of themselves. Their own comrades...
...total series, however, Harvard and Yale hold a slight edge, with seven victories to the Britishers' six. The longest string of wins in the series was scored by the Harvard and Yales when they won three straight...