Word: hubs
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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Thus Frankie started the present era of jazz in Boston, the greatest in Hub history. There've been regular engagements of some of the greatest living jazzmen, and first one, then two jam sessions simultaneously. Unbelievable in this day, because it happened in Boston, and all the more unbelievable because it happened when jazz is supposedly on its last legs...
...flies three broken-down Italian Macchi seaplanes over 850 route miles. But it has dreams of much bigger things, is dickering for more equipment and a route to Rio. Meantime the arrival of a Spanish mission in Buenos Aires started the jolting rumor that Corporacion is the hub of a new transatlantic airline from Argentina to Europe-and Berlin. Thus, Corporación packs political dynamite aplenty...
Jammed between Dunster and Leverett Houses in a small wooden building labeled "Bureau of Fisheries and Wild-life, Department of Interior" is a vital hub for all fishing in the North Atlantic area...
...variable pitch propeller was necessary because the two-cycle diesel cannot be reversed, without heavy reverse gears. Like the light diesel engine, variable pitch marine propellers have baffled naval engineers for many years. Reason: the hub mechanism, which changes the pitch of the blades, broke down whenever the propeller churned the water vigorously. Design of the tough, new propeller, which is electrically controlled, is a military secret...
...gratifying hit-splurge was not the only cheering aspect of the fray since Irv Rudman, Sophomore curveballer, showed plenty of tricky stuff, in addition to some control and general mount savvy unusual for a first year man. The fact that the Hub team managed to work the Crimson moundsman for five runs does not detract much from a very creditable performance, since he allowed only six hits...