Word: finests
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...unit that makes up in morale what it lacks in morality. "England," says the colonel proudly, "always supplies the right man for the job. Even if it's the wrong job." Along the sound track at appropriate moments float snatches of martial music, and after B-day ("our finest hour"), many a brave mug's eye is misty as he bids his mates farewell. Happily, the well-mannered British police, always ready to give quod pro quid, arrange for a touching reunion of The League-in quarters provided by Her Majesty...
...through years of poverty, persecution and neglect. But Dallapiccola is neglected no longer: even his severest critics in Italy acknowledge his influence as the patriarch of the Italian twelve-tone school. Manhattan audiences last week had a first chance to hear one of the patriarch's finest works - the 13-minute Variations for Orchestra as performed by the visiting Boston Symphony under Guest Conductor Erich Leinsdorf...
...butterfly or the individual medley, Brooks can call on Kaufmann, Jim Coffman (who won the finest race of his career in the fly last week), George Pringle, and others...
...more meaningful than the statistics are the tributes that come from rival players and coaches. Says Cousy himself: "Robertson is the best of his kind ever to come into the league." Says the Detroit Pistons' Coach Dick McGuire: "Oscar is better than Cousy ever was; Oscar is the finest player in basketball." Says Boston's sharpshooting Tommy Heinsohn: "He knows all the phases of the game-passing, shooting, rebounding. If he couldn't pass, you could play him differently, but if you double-team him for a second, you gamble. That calls for a pass...
Major surprises came in the three-meter dive and the 200 butterfly. Showing the finest form of his career, varsity diver Jeff Lewy stole top honors from Navy veteran Wallace Guthrie...