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...hands on the ball. While both teams pleaded vociferously for the decision, the referee, remembering perhaps Adolph Samborski's pregame remark that the officials always have a good time in these games because "the funniest things happen," ruled the pass completed to Deacon Jerry Minton, giving Kirkland the margin of victory...
From the opening whistle till the end of the second overtime period neither team could establish a clear margin of superiority as the play ebbed from one end of the field to the other. The half found the count Knotted at 0 to 0 with both the Crimson and the Orange and Black guilty of missing several shots at point blank range...
...foreign and domestic affairs, are hoping for a light vote in November. They calculate that the tides of disaffection from the Democratic ranks will easily bring in sufficient votes to win the thirty or so odd seats in the House which the Republicans lost by a mere three percent margin...
...defeat cut Prime Minister King's already slim margin in the House of Commons to 123 seats (out of 243), and set political pundits staring into their crystal balls. There are two more federal by-elections coming up - in late October - in Toronto-Parkdale, and Portage la Prairie, Manitoba. The Liberals already concede Toronto-Parkdale to the Tories ; it has never elected a Liberal. But Portage la Prairie, like Pontiac, is vacant because of a Liberal's death. If the Liberals lose that one too (their chances are only fair), the Liberals would barely control the House. There...
There is little chance that Bolivia will exceed the 17,600 tons agreed upon. Reason: rising labor costs (up from a prewar 27? per-man-per-day to $2) will force some mines operating on a low profit margin to remain closed. So, with a low tin yield coming in from the rich Far Eastern mines, the CPA expects a short tin supply until...