Word: golden
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...Golden Man goes to the front . . . Marltown second . . . Diamond Dick third. ... In the backstretch now and Golden Man has opened a two-length lead." Suddenly George's voice rose to a hoarse screech: "They're going into the far turn and Golden Man is still two lengths ahead!" Listeners heard a strangled sound, then wild shouts: "Come on, Jimmy, ride him, Jimmy, ride...
George finally addressed the microphone in a shattered voice: "Folks, you'll have to excuse me. I can't remember the names of the other horses. That's Golden Man in front and I happen to own him and there's only the stretch between me and ten thousand dollars. Ride him, Jimmy! Let him roll...
...Golden Man finished in front by half a length, George dashed for the winner's circle to kiss his horse and rider. In due time, another announcer took over the microphone...
...singing market is golden but unpredictable. Few European popular singers have successfully invaded it. Those who have usually accent their accents and bill themselves as Continental style. But last week a well-built English girl named Beryl Davis, with a purry voice and a nice sense of rhythm, started out to succeed the American way. She got off to a good start...
...when he commanded her to "open the royal mouth" she refused, finally consented with the understanding that he would not raise his head above her own. Crouching, the young Dane maneuvered his tools into the "foul interior" of her mouth, stood clear while she spat betel juice into a golden spittoon. When it was over, she asked him about his love affairs. He replied by recounting some imaginary infatuations which delighted the Queen as much as her new teeth...