Word: lesse
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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Rose's chalk and ink drawing of the making of the death mask of Christian Berard was far less cluttered and, for all its quiet horror, easier to take. It showed the smiling corpse of the Paris fashion arbiter elaborately bibbed in preparation for the mold maker, who sat, dabbling in a bowl of plaster, by the deathbed...
...full-blown splendor, the average hour-long revue rivals Hollywood and dwarfs Broadway. In less prosperous times, the Music Hall turned out a new show every week. In 1948, twelve shows spanned the year. But against a Broadway musical's two months of rehearsal and tryout, Leonidoff & Co. rehearse a new show just ten days-while playing...
...discussion of free men and by fundamental consent. Because of this respect for the individual, which we learn from Christ and practice in our church meeting, we stand for political and religious freedom, for economic justice, for racial equality and for equality of the sexes. But we stand not less for the responsibility of every individual for the good of any fellowship of which he is a member...
Last week another little ditty, with lyrics by Metronome Co-Editor George Simon, looked as though it might turn into a bigger hit. The tune was less catchy, but Leslie Records' Brooklyn Dodgers Jump was already in its second pressing of 25,000 copies. Reason: three Dodgers, Pitchers Ralph Branca and Erv Palica and Outfielder Carl Furillo, backed by an Ebbets Field chorus, were the recording artists...
...from the Long Island. ¶About eleven miles of Long Island track form a vital freight route to the Brooklyn waterfront. Fees paid for use of this track by the N.Y. Connecting Railroad (jointly owned by Pennsylvania and the New Haven) totaled $300,000 last year, less than half of what the commission thought they should be. ¶The Long Island owns a freight yard near Manhattan, but leases it to the Pennsy, which pays it a piddling $13,000 a year. This forces the subsidiary to deadhead its own cars to less accessible yards, at a cost last year...