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Jack Fisher was high scorer for the meet with 12 points, winning the hammer throw with a mark of 153 feet 2 inches, a scant two feet further than his brother Willo reached. In addition he captured the discus with a throw of 130 feet 6 inches and took a third in the shotput...
...people had not been talked to like that in a long time. LaGuardia's shrill scolding made them wince-momentarily, at least. But they still paid scant attention to the grave admonitions of Herbert Hoover, from that faraway, hungry continent of Europe (see INTERNATIONAL...
...Iceland exported a scant 12,800 Ibs. to the U.S., but last year upped that by 10,000%, shipping...
Like most Mexican men of affairs, he has scant time for social life. Unlike most, he is at work at 9 a.m., but typically takes long business lunches lasting from 2:30 till 5, usually at the swank Bankers' Club. Also typically, he works late, often until...
...grain bowl that ceiling prices might be pushed higher, farmers took a firmer grip on their supplies instead of hauling them to market. Receipts of grains at Midwest terminals were down to a trickle. Great Lakes steamers, making their first 1946 runs to Duluth, Superior and Port Arthur, found scant cargoes at the cavernous elevators...