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Most awesome of Hart's sporting accomplishments to many observers was his triumph last year in the Cambridge-to-Wellesley bike race, an event which he had also won the year before. Last spring, in the balloon tire class, he turned in a time which was only thirteen seconds slower than the racing-bike winner...
...Like Getting to the Palace." Thirteen rugged years of watching engine speeds on dashboard tachometers, of avoiding oil slicks and holes have gone into Tony's racing education. In his first race, a midget car contest in Chicago, he thought he "could just push the other guys' cars out of the way." He tried it, promptly turned over and bounced out on his head, but luckily was not badly hurt. "Brother, did I learn better!" Since then - after three broken ribs, a seven-stitched lip, a broken arm and two severely burned legs - Tony has averaged...
Ruiz Cortínez is a staid standard-bearer for Mexico's "revolutionary" party. He hates publicity, speaks rarely, lives modestly in one of the capital's more conservative neighborhoods. His favorite relaxation is playing dominoes. After thirteen years in the revolutionary army without rising above the rank of major and eleven years in government bureaus without rising above the rank of clerk, he joined young Mike Alemán and rode the escalator right behind him-first to the governorship of his native Veracruz, then to the Ministry of Interior, the job from which Alem...
...labor leaders will be participating in a thirteen week course to train union officers for executive responsibility...
...Thirteen sports were used in last years freshmen intra-mural program with teams organized in some and tournaments held in the rest. Student managers run each dorm squad, and to make the size of the squads competing more equal, some of the larger halls are divided into sections...