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Single women reach the peak of neuroticism between 30 and 35. Commented Dr. Wrilloughby facetiously: "Maybe they've given up hope by that time...
...Gledhill, 16-14, 3-6, 4-6, 9-7, 6-2. Almost everyone expected, on the showing of the teams in the semifinals, that Van Ryn & Allison would reverse the beating they took from Vines & Gledhill in the Newport final last fortnight. Instead, Vines suddenly went to the very peak of his game, dominated the match completely, poured into court a stream of bullet serves, volleys at incredible angles, drives that caught Van Ryn & Allison ankle-high. At 0-5 in the third set, Allison & Van Ryn made a last stand. They took Allison's serve and then broke...
...died eight years ago, was Edward Franklin ("Pop'') Geers of Lebanon, Tenn., who won nearly $2,000,000 in prizes. Two more grand old men of trotting distinguished themselves last week, one in Ohio and one in New York, at Goshen where the Grand Circuit reached its peak in the Hambletonian Stakes, one-mile race named for the greatest U. S. trotting sire...
...room & board in a charity shelter. Sales of home air filterers perked up. If his sleeping quarters are free from dust, the mildly sensitive hayfever victim will not suffer very much during the hours he must spend in open, unfiltered air. Allergists prepared for the annual autumn peak of their specialized practice...
...would be rash," said the austere London Economist last week, "to predict that America is within sight of general economic recovery, for . . . the forces bearing her down are almost as ineluctable as those which . . . forced her to the peak of prosperity. Nevertheless, there is reason to think the Giant of the West has passed the crisis in his sickness...