Word: baton
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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Jeff Huvelle, running for the first time since the Army meet, led off the squad by running a 1:55.2 leg, even with his Fordham opponent. Jim Baker took the baton next and ran a 1:52.0 half-mile, the best of the four...
McKelvey was also involved in a mishap that ruined what could have been the best mile relay race of the year. He dropped the baton on a pass from Bob Cook, who had just taken a three-yard lead on the third leg. The duel between McKelvey and B.U. anchorman Hemery never came...
Housewives saw things quite differently. In Denver, irate women organized a large-scale boycott of major grocery stores and chanting female pickets helped persuade two chains to cut some prices by as much as 20%. Emboldened by their success, similar groups popped up in such cities as Buffalo, Baton Rouge, Detroit, Daytona Beach, Dallas, Houston, Albuquerque and parts of Los Angeles County. A group of Denver women, led by Mrs. Ruth Kane of suburban Aurora, set up a National Housewives for Lower Food Prices, filed incorporation papers with the Colorado secretary of state. Actually, says Campbell Soup President...
...effect, he is a subconductor, able, and often compelled, to rescue the maestro when he misses an entrance or loses his place. Ravel was such a notoriously bad conductor that soloists who were condemned to play under his baton sometimes made a secret pact to take all their cues from the concertmaster. Says Leinsdorf: "If you have a good concertmaster, you don't have to move your left arm so much...
Bowes, who feels that baton waving is one of the best ways to release pent-up urges, began his six-hour recording session by conducting the orchestra in a spirited rendition of God Save the Queen. Then he turned the podium over to BBC Conductor Geoffrey Brand, who whipped the musicians into shape, stepping aside to allow Bowes the therapeutic benefit of conducting a few of the final takes. Total cost...