Word: g
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...life, and it didn't require a high-school diploma. At the age of 16, he had seen Bing Crosby on the stage. Cried Sinatra, in a voice that broke in his mouth like raw spaghetti: "I can do that!" Dolly and Marty had a good laugh. "G'wan, ya bum." his father used to twit him. "Why'n't ya go to work?" Frankie would burst into tears of rage and frustration, but his ambition held firm and sure. The next thing Dolly and Marty knew, he had won an amateur contest at the State...
...Michigan's brash, young (44) Governor G. Mennen ("Soapy") Williams shocked a roomful of political reporters (who do not shock easily) by answering a press-conference question-as to whether President Eisenhower would run again-in this candid manner: "There are so many things that can happen in this life. For example, he's an old man (64). He might die before the campaign begins." While reporters boggled, Soapy went on: "I mean Stevenson or any of us might die before that time. I think that at this early date the situation has not fully jelled. Any number...
...politician who steals," said G. W. Plunkitt, "is worse than a thief. He is a fool. With the grand opportunities all around for a man with political pull, there's no excuse for stealin' a cent...
Weill: Concerto for Violin and Wind Orchestra, Op. 12 (Anahid Ajemian; M-G-M Wind Orchestra conducted by Izler Solomon; M-G-M). A selection from Kurt Weill's nearly forgotten early period in Germany. The first movement is modern, the second a sleazy serenade with a crude rhythm jiggling under a high-toned fiddle, the third a romping gallop. Despite the strange orchestration that leaves the mid-range empty, the music is rich harmonically, and contains snatches of Weill's low-down lyricism that was to blossom into Three-Penny Opera, Street Scene, September Song, etc. Performance...
...pros) took on the Cleveland Browns in a preseason football game and splattered the turf of Chicago's Soldier Field with the remnants of the pro champions. With Notre Dame's Ralph Guglielmi calling the shots (and pitching passes with midseason accuracy), with Baylor's L. G. ("Long Gone") Dupre slipping like quicksilver through the Brown secondary, and with Ohio State's tiny (139 lbs.) Tad Weed booting precise placements, the collegians outplayed the pros in every department...