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...Hungarian government of Premier Lajos Dinnyes was taking no chances with the untoward. Neither were Tito's security boys. Hungary's friend made a formal entry by private train-but not until another train, crowded with soldiers, had tested the track. Resplendently panoplied, Tito strode into the Parliament building and marched to the elevator. Then he stopped short, shook his head and gestured with one hand. Obediently, a functionary rode the elevator to the top, descended again in a trial run. (The elevator worked for Tito, too, but stalled on the next trip, trapping President of the Republic...
Inside, the royal, noble and merely distinguished guests were scarcely less tickly. They rose when Churchill entered, beaming, kept their seats when Attlee came in. The Dowager Marchioness of Reading strode up to peer at the cushions placed for Elizabeth and Philip...
...sucker with a "system" is always welcome in Reno, where gambling is legal. One day last month two young amateur gamblers strode confidently into Reno's gaudy Palace Club. They were armed with a bankroll of $120 and a "scientific" theory cooked up between classes at the University of Chicago...
Offense. One day last week Hugh Dalton strode confidently across the tessellated inner lobby of the House of Commons; he knew that he held Britain's spotlight. In his battered red leather dispatch box were the secrets of Britain's interim budget. Burly, greying John Lees Carvel, political correspondent for London's evening Star, cheerily hailed his old friend Dalton as he approached the door of the House, asked jokingly about the budget. Dalton threw a jovial arm around Carvel's shoulders and, remembering that the journalist liked a nip now & then, said: "John, your whiskey...
Victory Dance. The loudspeaker roared out "Lavagetto batting for Stanky." Oldtimer "Cookie" Lavagetto, a near has-been, who had been a Dodger longer (eleven years) than anyone else on the team, rubbed dirt on his hands and strode up to bat. He swung viciously at the first pitch, trying too hard. The next pitch was high but Cookie swung again-and this time connected. The ball screamed toward right field, hit the fence six feet over Outfielder Tommy Henrich's head...