Word: fourth
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...rallies of the United Steelworkers and the Serbian Progressive Club. Like the latter-day apostle of civic progress that he has become, he never missed a chance to mention his "better Pittsburgh," with its smog-free air, rising skyscrapers, parks, bridges and elevated highways. At 68, running for a fourth term, crusty, cold-eyed Dave Lawrence is one of the last of the old city bosses. At the same time he is the dean of a new breed which realizes that a successful 1957-type politician must deal out as much progress as patronage if he wants to be reelected...
Last week the Mellon arm was still there, all three Pittsburgh newspapers had endorsed his reelection, the machine was rolling, and Dave Lawrence was on the way to a fourth term. There were few who would say him nay, despite such displays of untidy municipal housekeeping as potholes in the streets and frequent scandal in the police department. For King David, on behalf of bosses everywhere, had tested a new proverb and proved its wisdom: in time of prosperity one towering skyscraper is the equivalent of 7,000 city jobs...
...second movement of Kodaly's Sonata, Op. 8) cut them down to four. In the finals, first prize and 350,000 francs ($833) went to the U.S.'s Leslie Parnas, 25, first cellist with the St. Louis Symphony Orchestra. The Russian entries came in third and fourth, while a West German girl took second place. Cried Maestro Casals: "That was real music, the most remarkable contest I was ever present at." Said Cellist Parnas, who soloed with the St. Louis Symphony at 15: "I don't like to say that I beat the Russians because that...
Even more striking changes appear in Buick and Oldsmobile, which took the worst beatings this year. Olds slipped by 62,000 cars (17.7%); Buick dropped 111,000 (25.5%) and fell into fourth place behind Plymouth. Gone are the thick rear-window struts, which G.M. stylists admitted were a flub; gone, too, is Buick's famed "porthole" trademark. The new Buick has clean fenders, a waffle-iron grille with 160 square nubs, an improved "flight-pitch" Dynaflow transmission, new air-cooled aluminum brakes and a new, high-priced ($4,663 top) Limited series. Olds got the same extensive body change...
...increasingly impressive Yardling football team trampled Cheshire Academy into the ankle-deep mud of Soldiers Field Saturday afternoon, taking their fourth straight...