Word: bigs
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...fans had been wondering impatiently when baseball's new crop of talent would be reaped. As the season neared its mid-point they had their answer. Dino Restelli was the most sensational of a bumper crop of rookies who had had to go to war before becoming big-leaguers...
...water off Panama's San José Islands in Panama Bay was rough, but the Schmidt boys, Louis Jr., 32, and John, 35, knew their business and were ready for anything-especially marlin. Said Louis, Sailfish are just one, two, three compared to marlin. Marlin are big, scarce, make spectacular leaps clear out of water -and they're good...
Much more research and many more carefully stained slides will be needed before doctors find a clue to the cure of eclampsia. But a clue to the cause is a big start. Eclampsia is such a mysterious ailment that it has baffled doctors for 4,000 years and has been nicknamed the "disease of theories...
...rough spots. The new amplification system had eliminated the echoes that concertgoers had loved to grumble about in the past-but it had replaced them with some equally awesome squeaks and yowls. When the program ended, the crowd gave the musicians (mostly New York Philharmonic-Symphony men) a big hand, listened politely and impatiently while Concert Co-Chairmen Mayor William O'Dwyer and Sam Lewisohn said a few words. Then they set up their usual shout for the person they really wanted to hear talk...
...father) into giving concerts free for the troops in his newly built City College stadium, she has also given her audiences great music year after year for ticket prices as low as 25?. She has given some new composers (George Gershwin) and little-known soloists (Marian Anderson) their first big concert breaks. The stadium's annual Gershwin nights are still its most frequent sellouts...