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...pulled the telegram from behind the beermug on the mantlepiece, and tore off the end of the yellow envelope. He pushed a shirt and a pair of dirty socks off the easy chair, then sat down to read...
...lawyers, several banks and a covey of real estate scouts, none of whom were told that they were all working for Lever or even the same company. Lever executives who masterminded the deals used 20 unlisted phones, talked in code words and numbers instead of names, and carefully tore up all scribbled notes of phone conversations...
Army's big, rough football machine tore into Harvard yesterday and rolled up the highest score ever inflicted on a Crimson team, scoring eight touchdowns to win, 54 to 14. Harvard, fighting against both a ferocious offense and a rising total of injuries, was able to work its offense only in the second half, when two drives carried for scores...
When the Peronista majority did as it was told, the 40 radical deputies in the 188-member Congress staged an unprecedented scene. One Radical took copies of Peron's new constitution, tore them to bits and threw them in the air. Another smashed a cup and saucer, skimmed the pieces at Chamber President Hector Cam-pora. Still others threw books, pens and pencils at their Peronista colleagues, meanwhile shouting oaths and obscenities. Balbin meanwhile had made a farewell speech and announced that he would present himself before a judge for trial...
...reporters hit the foyer at a dead run, tore through the lobby, and smashed the nose of a stuffed deer on their dash to pressroom telephones. "Bulletin! Bulletin!" shouted Tony Vaccaro of the Associated Press. Said Smith to the U.P.: "Flash!" Bob Nixon yelped at the International News Service switchboard: "Flash, goddammit, gimme the desk!" At 11:05, bells on U.P. and I.N.S. tickers in hundreds of newspapers signaled the big news flash. Three minutes later, the A.P.'s bulletin was on the wire...