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When he won at San Francisco, Cassius threw away his round-trip plane ticket, borrowed money from a referee, and took a train home instead. The Olympics were out, he told Martin. No boat berths were available, and Clay would not fly. Martin sat him on a park bench, told him that the Olympic gold medal was his only chance to be wealthy and famous. "You'll have to gamble your life," he said. "Your whole future depends on this one plane ride to Rome. You'll have to gamble your life." Cassius agreed...
...entire outing will cost $8; the price includes round-trip bus transportation to Stratford and tickets for the performance. The Union will arrange to pack box lunches for students living in dormitories...
...more than 700,000 abortions reported annually in Japan, a small but increasing number-one Tokyo abortionist puts it at something less than 1,000-are performed on American women. Though the trip itself is expensive ($783 for a round-trip tourist ticket from Los Angeles), the operation may cost no more than $15. Last week's traveler was only seeking the same solution that a couple of million American women a year stay home to find...
...against the day that they could take off for a visit to Marie's sister, who lived in Corpus Christi, Texas. Last week they sailed into New York harbor on the Queen Elizabeth. As careful budgeters, they had already purchased their tickets for every step of the way: round-trip from New York to Texas and back on American Airlines, one-way back to Britain on Pan American. After spending the night in a Manhattan hotel, they proceeded to Idlewild Airport for the Texas leg. Once airborne, the Woods settled back to enjoy their flight...
...object far out in space is to bounce a radio signal off it and measure the time it takes for the reflected pulse of radio energy to return. This time interval, multiplied by the speed of light (which is the same as the speed of radio waves), gives the round-trip distance. But the speed of light, complains Dr. Lowther, is known only with the inaccuracy of three parts per million...