Word: almost
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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Protective Coloration. In San Antonio, harassed Postmaster Dan Quill begged that municipal trash cans be painted orange - or almost any color but postbox green...
...wasn't until the final quarter that the team seemed to find itself, and then it was too late. Crimson forwards had control of the period, scoring one late goal and almost tallying with another...
...Harvard's outside right, Ben Goldstein, again kicked in a ball that first bounced off several heads in the Cornell crease. The Crimson almost scored again late in the quarter, but a hard shot from the right hit the goalpost a half an inch too far to the left...
...opening concert was almost more a tribute to the Orchestra than it was to Munch. It proved beyond question that the Boston Symphony Orchestra lies gleaming in its case like a fine musical instrument, ready to sing in the hands of any great virtuoso. It passes from Koussevitzky to Munch, each with a technique of his own; yet the latent quality of the instrument remains unchanged...
...years of routine in a little over three weeks, and adapt themselves to a new and different-regime. This was especially evident in the excerpts from Schubert's "Rosamunde," which was played with a gentleness and simplicity seldom heard under Koussevitzky. Even the standard Beethoven's "Fifth" sounded almost like a first performance...