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Thus was written the next-to-last chapter in the 36-year-long duel for power between Manuel Quezon and Sergio Osmeña, who have fought together for Philippine independence and against each other for prestige at home...
When the crowd got its first glimpse of Alsab, pounding past the stands, he was in next-to-last place. In the backstretch, he was still next-to-last. Coming into the home turn, Jockey Basil James gave the Sab the whip. Like the Alsab of old, he began to sweep around the field-past the Orphan, past Apache, past Shut Out, gaining with every stride of his short legs. At the wire, Alsab was a full length in front of Requested and Sun Again. His time: 1 min. 57 sec., a new record for the 52-year-old Preakness...
...only in minor tactical attacks. Last week's German attacks were of this nature. German forces tried to close leaks in the siege of Leningrad, tried to improve their position on the flanks of Moscow, tried to clean out the Crimea to neutralize Sevastopol, Russia's next-to-last naval base in the Black Sea (last: Novorossiisk in the Caucasus). At Leningrad and Moscow the Russians held fast; in the Crimea Sevastopol held out, but the Germans drove east to Kerch, which is only six miles from the Caucasus. But even in these minor operations, Adolf Hitler...
...attitude gave the Japanese the same dreadful kind of surprise that Adolf Hitler felt when the British decided to fight if he moved on Poland. Poland was the last straw- to the British; French Indo-China looked like the next-to-last straw to the U.S. The impact on Japan was immense...
Though shorter and less dangerous than the famed Maryland Hunt Cup race, the Iroquois (three miles, 18 jumps) turned out to be tough. Galsac, the favorite, bowed a tendon on the next-to-last jump. Another horse broke a leg, was destroyed. Winner was Rockmayne, a bay gelding racing in the colors of Louisville's Barbara Bullitt, cousin of Ambassador William Bullitt. His time: 5 min., 41 2/5 sec. Her prize: $1,000 and a leg on an old silver cup made in 1820 for the Earl of Coventry...