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Retailers expect Santa to treat them well this year. Facing the shopping rush that is always generated between Thanksgiving and Christmas, they are putting aside the problems of everyday operation, such as congested street traffic, inadequate, sales help and narrow profit margins, and are concentrating, on making some of the recent optimistic predictions come true.
WORCESTER, Mass., Nov. 21 -- Fordham's football squad was upset by Holy Cross today. The Crusaders dominated play virtually all the way as they swept to a 20-to-7 victory.
PHILADELPHIA, Nov. 21 -- Tom Fitzpatrick, Villanova guard, threw two crushing downfield blocks today to open the way for touchdowns as the Wildcats upset Syracuse, 14 -- 13.
1953Wayne Larkins, English cricketer[†]
Wayne Larkins was an English cricketer who represented Northamptonshire, Durham and Bedfordshire as an opening batsman throughout his career. He was selected to play for England as Graham Gooch's opening partner on tours of Australia and the West Indies. He was also a semi-professional footballer. He was a part of the English squad which finished as runners-up at the 1979 Cricket World Cup.
In 1953, the world population was approximately 2,634,106,235 people[†]