Word: bitting
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...unable to keep his engagements with the Philadelphia Orchestra because of arm neuritis. Illustrious conductors are difficult to obtain on short notice. The management thought of Ormandy, his good stewardship in radio (Dutch Masters, Jack Frost hours), his occasional successes at summer concerts in Philadelphia and Manhattan. A bit bewildered by his good fortune, Ormandy set out for Philadelphia, conducted so expertly that even Stokowski addicts were enthusiastic. Minneapolis, hearing of his achievement, immediately summoned him to substitute this week for Belgian Henri Verbrugghen, also ailing. Minneapolis will find him as Philadelphia did, a diligent, painstaking musician, free from mannerisms...
...used it well, creating out of the Brown Decades a period both instructive and entertaining to modern readers. If it is less interesting than his earlier works, the fault is in the period, not in the interpreter; prospective readers need to be warned, however, to expect an unusually straightforward bit of writing, and incidentally of economic criticism on page...
...Nearly every leader in the party urged me very strongly to nominate Jack. Of course I must express whatever views I do express with a little bit of diffidence in discussing...
...Cannell came to town today he was met by Eddie Casey who said to him, "Well, you'll have to Hanover the game to me." To which Cannell replied, "Yudicky with me for this game? Barry Wood first and then I'll talk with you." After I overheard this bit of repartee between the coaches I decided that today's game would probably be a battle of wits. That will make prognostication a bit more difficult for any ordinary expert but not for me the Stage of the Age. I decree: Harvard 21, Dartmouth 10. Holy Cross 20 Duquesne...
Social poise is also five percent which, in all fairness, seems a bit low. After all there isn't much fun in going out if you haven't social boys. But at that the idea is not a bad one. For a long time men have been forced to do their own choosing and their own paying. It will come to the women, after this sort of thing has gone on for a while, that it is not so easy to find the perfect being and to pay for it once you have it. And if this goes...