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Word: betterments (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1940-1949
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With the Government asking the questions, husky, big-jawed Manning R. Johnson made an effective prosecution witness in the perjury trial of Labor Leader Harry Bridges. But when the defense began to prod him last week, Ex-Communist Johnson made an even better...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: TRIALS: You'd Be Thin, Too | 12/26/1949 | See Source »

Beethoven: Sonata No. 2: (Claudio Arrau, pianist; Columbia, 2 sides, LP). One of Beethoven's better middle-period sonatas (the "Waldstein"), played with great energy, eloquence and understanding. Recording: good...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Music: New Records, Dec. 26, 1949 | 12/26/1949 | See Source »

Boston College had a better first line and a better all-around defense, which is primarily why they won. The Eagle first line of Lewis, McIntire, and Sullivan scored four of the eight BC goals, and the defense played back behind their blue line without ever getting in the goalie...

Author: By Donald Carswell, | Title: Boston College Defeats Sextet, 8-5 | 12/21/1949 | See Source »

...play hockey, and as a result Harvard outplayed BC, 3 to 2. In addition, the passing of the forward lines showed a brilliant improvement in the final 20 minutes and seemed to indicate that next time Harvard plays BC, Songin or no Songin, the Crimson will do somewhat better...

Author: By Donald Carswell, | Title: Boston College Defeats Sextet, 8-5 | 12/21/1949 | See Source »

...they do not duplicate commercial recordings. The bass aria, "O ruddier than the cherry," is an exception. Obviously it has been included for the very good reason that Paul Tibbetts is singing it, but it is one of the dullest pieces the Handel ever wrote. Marguerite Willauer has much better material for her fine soprano voice in "As when the dove laments her love" and "Heart, the seat of soft delight...

Author: By Herbert P. Gleason, | Title: THE MUSIC BOX | 12/20/1949 | See Source »

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