Word: arounders
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...radically new records are now on the market bidding loudly for consumer support, and it looks as if they both will be around for quite a while. Columbia and Victor each proclaim that its record is the best ever conceived by man. Meanwhile, smaller record companies are making their choice. Capital has joined Victor; and Mercury, Cetra, and Concert Hall have gone along with Columbia. Decca, a key company, has decided to stand by for the present and watch its competitors slug...
...competition, which closes early next fall, gives hopeful authors a free choice of ideas and material. Except in the case of documentaries, which may have a commentary, all productions must be silent. Scripts should center around several characters, require a minimum of sets and properties, and run about 30 minutes...
...benches next to him, a furniture turned around. "When the coach says actual game conditions, he means actual game conditions. Two minutes is all you can delay the game...
...football player lay face down on the soggy turn; men in red and white jerseys gather around the still form...
...read through a fine collection of 25 cent pocket books, found in another corner of the room; they had titles like "Fifi' or "The Impatient Virgin." And every day brought the 6:30 thermometer. It grew increasingly tough. Smith pattered around the ward, suggesting that tottering arrivals be "placed immediately in bed." He frequently curled up in his covers and moaned "morphine, morphine,' in a pained-wracked voice. He waggled his fingers at feverish flu-victims and solemnly pronounced "Leprosy." He played cards until he found he knew all the cards from the back. He read patients each others fever...