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Much of his work was correspondence and official documents. He did not dictate the replies; he merely brushed one or two ideographs in the margin of each-"Can do" or "Can't do"-which gave his secretaries the clue for the answer. Lunch was Western style when foreign guests were present, Chinese style for his countrymen. He was usually abed by 10 p.m. and he was sleeping soundly, he said. The only insomnia he could remember recently was last March, when the surprise election of General Li Tsung-jen to the vice presidency had made him somewhat sleepless...
...work by the Crimson. The first time, they made up a nine-point deficit, narrowing the half-time Crimson load to 23 to 30. A series of three field goals coming among a flurry of fouls Inter ended the game with Barclay's squad still clutching a two point margin...
Jumping to a quick 7 to 5 lead in the first five minutes, the Crimson never slipped behind despite the fact that Brown outscored them from the floor, 42 to 33. Taking advantage of 24 foul shots, Barclay's squad edged out the margin of victory by sinking 14 of their attempts.The summary...
...popped in three second goals in the space of a minute, setting up a margin too big for an uncoordinated Crimson sextet, and the Terriers took away an 8 to 6 victory in last night's hockey opener at the Arena...
...dominates western labor; he dominates great chunks of business as well. He sees himself as a kind of self-appointed price-wage czar. With deadpan audacity he has used his power to prevent cutthroat competition, to punish price cutters, and to help firms with teamster contracts make a safe margin of profit...