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Since college basketball broad-jumped from campus gymnasiums to big city arenas, the pace of the game has increased from fast & furious to breathless & breakneck. To meet spectators' demand for action, the coaches (who now rate basketmaking 4-to-1 over defensive play) have had to develop a pack of new tricks as well as refine the old standbys. As a result, the game is not only faster but a whole lot more complicated than it was a few years...
...cigarets are rapidly disappearing from the Paris black market. Drastic Army rationing (two packs a week) has curtailed the black market's supply, boosted the price to 160 francs ($3.20) a pack...
There are optimists within the ranks of these Cambridge civic leaders who hint that, due to decreased demand by the Armed Forces, next week will see a turn for the better. Cold realism has shown those who face the facts, however, that--shortage or no--selling a pack of Chesterfields in this area will never be the same...
...spot habitues advise acting "sweet to the waitress, and maybe she'll come through." If this attack is not successful, someone has commented that at the Wurst House on Boylston Street, you can get a pack of Chelseas from the bartender if you give him, just like with toothpaste, a used and empty package...
...wages on Saipan and Tinian have been fixed at a standard level of 35 to 50? a day, plus food, clothing, shelter. That is enough for the Jap, Korean and Chamorro laborers to buy U.S. cigarets (at 7? a pack),* cloth, soap, toilet paper, shampoo, dark glasses, and occasional candy bars-all covered by rigid price ceilings...