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...goal, the Lions came as close to scoring as they were to do all afternoon. A Crimson player put the ball out of bounds, and on the scramble following the corner back, Columbia managed to bounce a shot at the crossbar and then pick up the rebound for a point-blank set-up. But Harvard goal-keeper John Adams managed to trap the ball with his knees, and then threw it clear...
...ancient, potbellied C46 of Cuba's nationalized Aerovias Q had barely broken ground from Havana airport, bound for the Isle of Pines with 53 aboard, when five men rushed the flight deck, guns in hand. Two guards aboard the plane fired their pistols. In the point-blank battle, the pilot, one guard and an attacker were killed. Six others, including the copilot, were wounded. Miraculously, the copilot managed to land in a sugar cane field, and the surviving would-be hijackers fled...
Paxton conceded that before becoming G.E. president he had known that executives in some divisions were up to hanky-panky. Once, he said, he had raised the question point-blank with William S. Ginn, former head of General Electric's turbine division (since fired by G.E. after doing 25 days in jail and paying a $12,500 fine). Ginn, said Paxton, admitted that he had "compromised himself." But Paxton did not report Ginn or any of the other transgressors to his superiors because "it has not been my policy to go around gossiping in the General Electric Company about...
...rise. Had he won controlling stock interest in the company? No; didn't own a share. Did he have pals on the board of directors? Not even an acquaintance. Had he pioneered a new industrial process? Couldn't even fix a lawnmower. At last, one reporter asked point-blank how he got the job then. "Oh, that's simple," answered the new president. "A guy in golf spikes stepped on my IBM card...
...favorite hunting ground. Here, in the glittering array of hotels, smart shops and open-air cafes, throng Kroscenko's picturesque prey. He is a paparazzo* one of a ravenous wolf pack of freelance photographers who stalk big names for a living and fire with flash guns at point-blank range...