Word: al
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...rich in the rackets: in his day the U.S. had become as much a land of opportunity for the graduate of Dannemora as for the graduate of Dartmouth. But Frank Costello had the brains, luck and jungle caution to stay rich-rich, alive and free as air-while Al Capone went raving to his grave, while bullets cut down Dutch Schultz and Dion O'Banion, while Lepke Buchalter burned in the electric chair, while Lucky Luciano went off to exile and a hundred minor hoodlums rotted in prison...
Contenders for the position include the following juniors: Sam Butler, Bob Di Blasio, Arthur Hyde, Phil Isenberg, Jerry Kanter, Paul O'Brien, Bill Rosenau, Henry Sedgwick, John West, John White, and Al Wilson...
...good deal faster than a burro's), it sounded like a poor man's Riders in the Sky. And with the U.S. hungry for what the trade calls "oat" or "popcorn" songs, Lange was right about the hot hit. After Vaughn Monroe, Frankie Laine, Bing Crosby, et. al. had taken a ride on it, Mule Train last week was clippity-clopping out of every jukebox and radio right across the nation...
...sponsored by the studios, who pay the stars their regular salaries, plus expenses, to plug their latest pictures. In New York, to tout Pinky and Everybody Does It, Jeanne Grain, William Lundigan, Ethel Waters and Paul Douglas were whisked onto the stages of 23 neighborhood theaters in three evenings. Al Jolson, who only two years ago turned down $40,000 for a week's engagement in Manhattan, has been appearing without pay for months as a living trailer for Jolson Sings Again. (His incentive: 40% of the film's profits...
...attack, and by scoring eight of the 15 points. End Bob Esch broke through to block a punt on the Pierson 25 yard line, the ball bouncing into the Pierson end zone for a safety. In the third quarter guard Tony Ripley picked up a kick blocked by tackle Al Sweetser and scored from the Pierson 15. The Bellboy backfield scored when Brooks Wilder galloped 55 yards off tackle for a touchdown on the third play of the game...