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...concentration of rotary drilling rigs in the world, began boring into its 30,000 acres in a furious race for oil. Last week West Edmond was the scene of an even more historic retreat. The companies who operate its 740 wells were getting ready to shut them down and pull out, with most of their equipment...
...ever go fishing in a quiet pool at dusk? You cast your fly and your line tangles up in the trees. There you are, with the fish swimming around, the daylight waning, and you can't get your line untangled. All of a sudden you pull the magic string and the whole thing comes loose. That's how I feel...
...blistering letter to good-natured Alrick Man (non-playing captain of this year's Davis Cup team); as soon as he cooled off, Ted was on the long-distance phone saying, "I just wrote you a letter . . . don't open it." Another time, he was about to pull into the driveway of his new home at La Crescenta, Calif, when a car whizzed by at terrific speed. Schroeder tore after it, forced the driver to a halt, and told him: "Look, brother, I got a wife and a kid and a dog . . . don't drive 60 miles...
Schroeder likes to pull on a pipe; Kramer doesn't smoke. Big Jake's one vice is betting: he will bet anybody on anything. He once won $20 from friends who bet he couldn't down a jigger of beer a minute for 80 minutes. He likes people, poker, bow ties, Joe DiMaggio, and shop talk like "that day at Rye when big Frank Shields grabbed Bitsy Grant by the belt and held him out a second-story window...
...million-ton capacity of the U.S. steel industry enough for an expanding economy? In the debate on this question, steel industry spokesmen, while conceding that there are now shortages in supply, maintain that their capacity is sufficient for the long pull. Assorted critics, ranging from Government economists to ideological warriors, insist that unless 10 to 20 million additional tons of capacity are built, depression may result...