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...only thing most Americans know about Ping-Pong is that it is played with wooden paddles and a light little ball that is forever getting lost under the TV set. In Red China, where there are 3,000,000 registered players, it is the national sport. Every commune, factory and office has its Ping-Pong league: in one Shanghai plant alone, there are 140 teams. So it was no surprise when last week's world table-tennis championships got under way in Ljubljana, Yugoslavia, that the Red Chinese were head and shoulders above the players from 46 other nations...
Each class sections had about fifty students. We stood in the cafeteria because it had no chairs and the auditorium had only camp stools. The soccer field was ringed with a belt of basketball courts; there were more ping-pong tables than bathrooms. We had no central heat, of course, and since there was always competition between classes to save coal, we frequently went the whole winter without our little stoves; the ink would out by late afternoon...
...there was little to set one home apart from another. Much more common was a group outing to a nearby park or to the movies (20 cents for the most expensive seats). Sports played a very important role, and the school grounds were alive with activity from soccer to ping-pong until night fall. No nightlife existed, and even if it had, nobody would have been able to take time away from the heavy homework load...
...Kirby's quirks. Upstairs he conducts choir practice for a collection of speak-your-weight machines, reasoning that machines that talk ought to be able to sing a cappella. He also dotes on Pavlovian dogs, and his reflexes are conditioned accordingly. "Now he has to have a little ping every time he sets down to a meal," his mother complains, pinging...
...marriage of convenience. Union has ample crude oil to supply Pure's outlets in 24 Mid west and Southern states. The deal would also broaden Union's marketing outside of the highly competitive West Coast area. One important Union stock holder, however, is not impressed. Ship ping Magnate Daniel K. Ludwig, who in 1963 bought 14% of Union stock as a long-term investment, argued that the merger would dilute stock values. He prepared to sell his 4,100,000 shares back to the company for $146 million. The sale will be the largest single private stock transaction...