Word: grandes
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...total of 16 racing cars scrambled into the start of the 105-lap, 205-mile Grand Prix of Monaco. Only four laps later Britain's Stirling Moss, Peter Collins and Mike Hawthorn somehow escaped uninjured from a three-car pile-up on a barricade of telephone poles. All afternoon the accidents continued, but no one was hurt. Only five cars finished. Still, World Champion Juan Fangio had to push his Maserati to the limit to cross the line in 3 hr. 10 min. 12.8 sec., a scant half-minute ahead of Briton Tony Brooks's Vanwall...
...home a folksy Ford (Motor Co.) commercial, or tug tears with a lugubrious, deep-voiced version of The Lord's Prayer. "I'm not strictly country boy, and I'm not strictly pop," says Ernie. "You know I couldn't top Roy Acuff's Grand Ole Opry stuff, and I couldn't beat Como. So I mix 'em, and the people like it fine...
What we have been seeing since Eisenhower's grand Second Inaugural address is a shocking lack of leadership...
Kirkland House was officially declared the winner of the Straus Trophy last night with a grand total of 1717 3/4 points, a new record in the 20-year competition for the trophy. The Deacons cinched their victory last Friday by capturing first place in House track...
Like a Ballplayer. A true basso cantante (singing bass), he had enough flexibility to invade roles often sung by baritones without losing the power that enabled him to reach the back row without straining. And with his big voice he had the elusive personal magnetism and the dignity that grand opera demands. For a whole generation of operagoers, Pinza's Don Giovanni-in richly decorated doublet and single gold earring-was the virile embodiment of everything the role implied. Although Pinza could barely read music, he had a prodigious musical memory and a bone-deep sense of musical taste...