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Sack Suits. Today, as before, the center of the sugar and pineapple kingdom lies between Bishop and Fort Streets in Honolulu. But the men who stride briskly in & out of the air-conditioned buildings are not proprietors in the 19th century sense; they are corporate managers...
Dudley Uphoff could be the key to the Yale meet in the 1000. McCurdy thinks he could be a great runner, but so far this year has been hot and cold. Uphoff has apparently hit his stride, running his best 1000 of the year at Hanover. Behind him is Arnie Howe, a big question mark. Howe has had a foot injury all year, and may miss the Yale meet...
Operation Strangle has kept on hitting its targets, knocking out enemy guns and taking its losses in stride. Perhaps the operation was too optimistically named: it has not prevented the Reds from assembling enough men, arms and supplies for a major offensive. But it has undoubtedly hurt and hampered the enemy, and it may have deterred him from actually launching an offensive...
Gehrmann started it by remarking to a reporter: "Wilt wasn't going so fast in that last quarter; I had to cut my stride twice to prevent running over him." Wilt, who sets the pace, usually to see Gehrmann beat him (13-4) with a sprint in the final strides, lost no time replying: "That's a lot of bunk ... I go all out in these races and run to the best of my ability. I don't think Gehrmann does . . . Why doesn't he take over the pace and show the public his best...
...admitted its first Negro student. He set up a new department of biological sciences, a speech clinic, a psychological services center for veterans. In 1950, when his daughter's health demanded a change of climate, he accepted the top job at Vermont. There, he had scarcely hit his stride when the call came from New York...