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...Duke went straight to his mother, Queen Mary, whom he had not seen for nine years; that night he dined with her, his brother the King and his sister the Princess Royal. Next day he visited the King for a 2½-hour heart-to-heart. Getting back in stride, he unlimbered his golf clubs, and made a tour of East End bombed areas...
...woods] you must find out exactly how far you stride. When I was in France, my stride was exactly one meter. I even checked the maps by my stride...
...Meegeren had been suspected of faking as far back as 1937 (a "Frans Hals," sold to a U.S. buyer, proved to have been fastened to its stretcher with modern thumbtacks). He really hit his stride when the Nazis came in; he sent the Führer a portfolio of reproductions of his work, obsequiously dedicated, and slyly passed off a phony on Goring. From the profits of his "discovered Vermeers" he moved into an Amsterdam mansion...
...feuding factions of Spain's opposition-in-exile, enormously heartened by the Big Three's slap at Franco (TIME, Aug.13), took a long stride down the road to Madrid. In Mexico City, now the capital of the Spanish emigration, all major parties last week agreed to recognize ex-Cortes President Diego Martinez Barrio as Provisional President of the Republic of Spain...
Practice has swung into full stride under the leadership of Coaches Henry Lamar and Floyd Stahl, who are running things until the return of veteran coach Dick Harlow. A squad of 34 men reported Monday the first day of practice, with the majority being from the Naval ROTC program. The coaches have a nucleus of experienced players to work with, which should prove quite helpful. These players include: Dave McKintosh and Rod Perkins, ends; Chet Pierce and Ted Woggan, tackles; Ellis Hodge and Mal Allen, guards; Bob MacDonald; Marvin Jenkins, Pete Harwood, and Bob Cowen, backs