Word: caroled
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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From the moment the 17-year-old New York schoolgirl glided out to defend her world's figure-skating title last week, any splay-ankled tyro could plainly see that pert Carol Heiss was a solid bet to keep the championship in the U.S. In addition, the flashiest male who showed up for the meet at the posh Broadmoor Hotel in Colorado Springs was another American. Dave Jenkins, 20, the acrobatic kid brother of Hayes Alan Jenkins, now turned pro, who had won the title four years running...
...when the judges got up from their hands-and-knees peering at the feathery traces on the ice, they unanimously gave first places-in the compulsory figures to Heiss and Jenkins. After that, the competition was really an exhibition. Her blonde pony tail bobbing rhythmically. Carol skimmed across the ice in a dazzling freestyle series of leaps and spins to sew up her title. Later, Jenkins seemed to spend as much time soaring in the air as on the ice to win the men's title...
...Carol Heiss and Dave Jenkins are likely to keep their titles for years to come. Jenkins, a junior at Colorado College, is getting over the handicap of being the brother of Superstar Hayes Alan Jenkins. As for Carol, a high-school junior from Ozone Park, N.Y., Coach Pierre Brunet makes a flat prediction: "She is still ascending. She should be at her best for the 1960 Olympics...
Born. To Roger Gilbert Bannister, M.D., 27, the first four-minute miler (3:59.4), and Portrait Artist Moyra Jacobsson Bannister, 27: a daughter, their first child; in London. Name: Carol Erin Elver. Weight...
These failings were not overcome after the intermission, but the singing was so spirited that they became less detrimental to the total effect. The final music on the program, an Epiphany Carol by Addiss and the Choral Cantata No. 150 of Bach, required the support of a small instrumental ensemble, which accounted for much of the vigor of the performances. The Bach Society Chorus is a gathering of casual singers, who in their enthusiasm are vicariously, if not always musically, entertaining...