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...center, who led both teams in scoring with 20 points, fouled out of the game on a controversial charging penalty, and the varsity never regained the lead. The Tigers then staved off a final Crimson bid with three minutes left and coasted from a 55 to 54 margin to the victory...
Skiing without their number one man, Harry Gardner, the skiers lost by a narrow 15 point margin. McGill, the host, finished first with 556 points, followed by Laval of Quebec, 552, and the Dartmouth B team...
Only a thin margin (16 votes in the Chamber of Deputies, 13 in the Senate) separated the new Premier from the fate predicted for him by his enemies-and most of his friends. Last week energetic Mario Scelba set out to prove them wrong. Before putting his Cabinet and his program to a vote of confidence, Scelba first anointed wounds in his own Christian Democratic Party. The violence of outside opposition to him seemed to strengthen support inside the party. He courteously consulted ruffled deputies. He dashed off an earnest public message to Party Leader Alcide de Gasperi...
Radcliffe freshman Tenley Albright, world's women's figure skating champion, yesterday increased her lead over her opponents in the effort to retain her crown. Although no scores were released after yesterday's compulsory figures, observers gave her a clear margin over the others...
...nations, and is so popular that stiff import restrictions have been slapped on it by Belgium, France and Italy. On the Autobahnen of Germany, nearly one out of every two cars is a Volkswagen. In restriction-free Switzerland, Volkswagen sales lead all other makes, including American, by a wide margin. For the U.S. market, Volkswagen Boss Nordhoff knows that his car is too small and relatively too expensive ($1,500), except for two-car families; nevertheless, he hopes to triple his U.S. sales to around 4,000 this year. Says he: "Some years ago, British and French manufacturers said...