Word: lead
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...produced a new brand: Hit Parade. Lannie Ross, Lawrence Tibbett, Frank Sinatra, Noel Coward, Fred Astaire, W. C. Fields all marched on the show with such regulars as Dorothy Collins and Snooky Lanson. Then came rock 'n' roll. The sort of stuff that Elvis sings began to lead the Parade, and American Tobacco apparently decided that kids who listen to that brand of song are hardly sophisticated enough to smoke. After long and faithful service to the pop-music fan, Your Hit Parade will peter out this month...
...Francisco Giants trailed the Boston Red Sox 4-0 as they went to bat in the first inning of an exhibition game at Phoenix, Ariz. last week. Boston's lead lasted less than five minutes. The Giants' Utility Infielder Ed Bressoud led off with a home run. Outfielder Willie Mays hit a triple to deepest center field. First Baseman Orlando Cepeda walloped a 450-ft. home run, and Outfielder Jackie Brandt followed with another homer-all off Ike Delock, Boston's winningest pitcher last year. In his box behind third base, the Giants' President Horace Stoneham...
...been the hottest golfer on the early spring circuit, came from nowhere in the final round of the Masters golf tournament in Augusta, Ga. He overhauled the leaders with a six-under-par final round of 66. Arnold Palmer, last year's Masters champion, who tied for the lead with Canada's Stan Leonard at the end of the third round, triple-bogied the treacherous twelfth hole, narrowly missed two short putts, ended up with a two-over-par 74 and third place, behind steady Gary Middlecoff...
...admission literature. The first group had advocated establishing achievement requirements in science, mathematics, and foreign languages for all potential freshmen. The proposals, the Dean wrote, were "characterized by a curiously unscientific approach to the problem." In defense of the current admissions requirement, Bender pointed out that additional prerequisites might lead to "a serious decline in the quality of the Harvard student body...
...relief pitchers Rudy Arias and Bob Shaw, Chicago's White Sox yesterday took a new grip on their league lead by defeating the Tigers...