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...this point the suspense, already throat-constricting, becomes anginal. The explosion has trapped the heroine (Dorothy Malone) beneath a steel frame too heavy to move. Only an acetylene torch can save her. Can the hero (Robert Stack), raging through the sinking ship, find a torch before the rising waters drown the heroine's piteous cries? No he can't; yes he can; no he can't. The Stones play on the moviegoer's pulse as though it were a set of bongos...
...tarnished Casino of Monte Carlo one evening shuffled Sir Winston Churchill, a sometime gambler spending a quiet vacation (on doctors' orders) in Monaco. At Sir Winston's side was Shipping Tycoon Aristotle Socrates Onassis, owner of 42% of the Casino's stock. Churchill bought a modest stack of light blue ($1) chips. After two hours devoted to the impassive scrutiny of a spinning roulette wheel and the cards in another game called trente et quarante, the two departed. Churchill was an estimated $35 richer, Onassis $15 poorer. Two afternoons later Sir Winston was back, this time wagering...
Recoiling in horror, Lucius returned all but the second book and hurried to the welcoming stack door. Once inside, he steadied himself, reflecting that this was the harsh price of public expression. Anyway, it was clearly the work of a non-library...
Running against Morgan State's Nick Ellis, Bates' Rudy Smith, and Michigan's Tony Seth, all of whom tower over him, Yale's Jim Stack led from the outset to win in the fine time of 1:10.9. There is no Crimson runner within five seconds of him in this event. Both Stack and Carroll came back after brief rests to pace the number one Eli two-mile squad. Carroll contributed a 1:55 880 as anchor man to fight off challenges by Villanova and Georgetown...
Worley blew his stack over an irritation familiar to many a classroom teacher -the seeming fondness of administrators for more and more paper work. Fox Lane teachers have always submitted outlines during the summer of what they plan to teach in the new year. Last year they also began filing achievement summaries at the end of each month, plus a plan for the next week. This year, when the teachers were ordered to tack on another week, Worley refused. His lessons, said he, were geared to the daily attitudes of his students. Submitting a detailed plan was "meaningless, a sham...