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...Arabia I saw many slaves of my race. There are slave markets in all the big towns there. The slave traffic starts at sundown. The big chiefs examine us and select those they want, just like at a camel fair. You can buy a man like me for a pinch of gold." Ex-Slave Awad El Goud is only one of many French African Moslems who have been kidnaped into slavery as pilgrims to Mecca. Last week his story was told in Paris by Emmanuel La Graviére, Calvinist minister and Assemblyman of the French Union. "In the course...
...teammate and close congressional pal, California's James Roosevelt, leftfielder. Bellowed Tumulty: "When I get up, I'll have to hit a home run because I sure could never run out a hit to first base!" When one-inning Third Baseman Tumulty came to bat, a pinch runner was ready to do his legwork for him, but hurly-burly "T.J." hit only a short dribbler, was thrown out at first.* Helped by such feeble batting as Tumulty's. Roosevelt's strikeout, and five Democratic errors, the G.O.P., making only one error, forged ahead, crushed the Democrats...
Nobody at the top seemed sure just how much vaccine was available, or would soon be. There were at least four reasons why the pinch had not been accurately foreseen...
There are shortages in such other key metals as copper, nickel and aluminum. With output of military tanks and trucks at a low level, far less than 10% of the auto industry is now devoted to defense output (though some firms, e.g., jeep-maker Willys, might feel the pinch of a defense cutback...
...work for the Reds. A survey prepared for the Massachusetts Institute of Technology's Center for International Studies, released last week, offers a tentative look at the fate of Chinese scientists under the Red regime. Conclusion: once wooed and rewarded, Chinese scientists are now feeling the Red pinch...