Word: lange
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Lorelei, so lang du singst...
...politely, and dwindled. People perked up, though, when Burl Ives appeared to banjo "The Blue Tail Fly," and they joined in the "cracked corn" chorus. Then the dinner chairman arose and introduced a bagpipe band. Cranced necks and scampering children greeted it with curiosity; but when it played "Auld Lang Syne" only a few voices followed the chairman's plea for song. Instead, most people started moving away...
Charlie Keith threw the javelin 178 feet, 5 1/2 inches, Trimble was second, and Fred Ravreby fourth. Dick Rubin and Eric Stromsted were second and third to BU's Jim Lang with the hammer...
...Trimble, Al Wilson, and Charlie Keith should lower the boom early in the meet with the shot put, discus, and javelin. Keith threw the javelin over 182 feet last Saturday, but the Crusaders' George Gallogly has bettered 170 and can be second. BU's Irving Black and Jim Lang ought to finish one-two over Dick Rubin with the Hammer...
...Down, One to Go. Dearest to Chifley's heart was a drive to nationalize banks. Private bankers, cried he, had greedily levied up to 8% interest on loans. Then a rebel Labor politico in Sydney, "Big Jack" Lang, charged sensationally that Chifley himself once lent money at rates up to 9%. Labor's embarrassed leader said it was true-only he had invested the money for proletarian friends and neighbors, taken nothing for himself. At his final rally, shirtsleeved Premier Chifley mixed with former railway cronies, reminded hard-drinking Australians how Labor had relaxed the closing time...