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...early-and I still drink whiskey. Couldn't live to 93 if I didn't." He tossed off a hefty drink. Truman asked him about the fantastic cigar. "Why, it's a Mexican cigar. Best in the world. Well, Harry, this train is fixing to pull out." He got up, glanced carefully at the bottom of his glass, said goodbye and started for the door...
...gave Rommel a free hand with the "Plan Sud"-the Rommel scheme for securing an African-Middle Eastern German empire. On the Baltic shores Rommel simulated desert conditions, trained the Afrika Korps with superheated barracks and artificial sandstorms. By March 1941 he went to Libya, to pull the faltering Italians out of defeat...
Through 65 competitive rounds he had the best long-pull score in the history of the game: an 18-hole average of 69.26, With five tourneys still to go, he had almost doubled the money-winning record of $19,534.49 established by Sammy Snead in 1938. Byron Nelson was the perfect pro, and occasional lapses with his putter merely proved that he was human...
...Kelly, the only real speedster in Notre Dame's backfield. Against Pittsburgh, the rosy-cheeked V12 right halfback handled the ball 14 times, gained 232 yards, raced to four touchdowns (one an 84-yard gallop). Against Tulane, his change-of-pace foxing of the defense enabled him to pull down the first touchdown pass. But Kelly's span at South Bend may be short; he completes his V12 training about...
...season with the 23-year-old National Football League. And the fruits of victory, judged by National League balance sheets, might have a low sugar content: only four of the ten teams-the New York Giants, Washington Redskins, Chicago Bears, Green Bay Packers-had made money over the long pull. But the dollar-heavy newcomers ignored past performances, swore by the future...