Word: leos
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...STRING QUARTETS NOS. 1 AND 2 (Crossroads). Chamber music, particularly that of the 20th century, is often an acquired taste. But Leo Janáĉek wrote hummable, folk-flavored and dramatic pieces for strings. His first quartet was inspired by Tolstoy's chilling story The Kreutzer Sonata and is played with special eloquence and style by the Janáĉek String Quartet...
Well, a few things did come out nice and tidy last week. The New York Yankees clinched last place in the American League for the first time in 54 years. And the Chicago Cubs, managed by Leo Durocher, wound up in the National League cellar-thereby proving that it is not necessarily the nice guy who finishes last. Manager Hank Bauer of the American League champion Baltimore Orioles disproved another notion: that pay is related to performance. Bauer, who gave Baltimore its first pennant in 69 years, signed a new two-year contract for an estimated $50,000 a year...
...Roman Catholic Church, great age has never been a bar to holding high office. Pope John XXIII was 81 at his death. Pope Leo XIII reigned until he died at 93. Celestine III was raised to the papacy at 85. Of the 97 current cardinals, 45 are 75 or older. The Vati can's Prefect of the Congregation of Seminaries is the feeble Giuseppe Car dinal Pizzardo, 89. And under canon law, bishops, no matter how aged and ailing, remain rulers of their dioceses -although the church has traditionally provided coadjutors to assist them...
Halfback Bobby Leo even outdid his opening performance against Holy Cross last year by picking up 132 yards in 14 attempts, for a 9.5 average per carry. Fellow halfback Vic Gatto wasn't far behind with 109 yards in 13 carries, (not counting a touchdown run called back because of a penalty), and fullback Tom Choquette gained 57 yards in 10 attempts...
Sadly, Harvard's defense will not get a needed test this Saturday, either. The Crimson will host Tufts, 47-8 losers to Ithaca last Saturday.Halfback BOBBY LEO is stopped at the three-yard line of Lafayette in last Saturday's game. Leo wasn't stopped often, as he picked up 132 yards in 14 carries...