Word: ll
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...public's musical taste? Bah!" declared testy Sir Thomas Beecham. "The public never had taste-only an appetite . . . They'll listen to anything, just as they'll eat anything, however ill-cooked...
Fred W. ("Lucky") Hooper watched' quietly as a high-heeled man from Texas paced the paddock at Florida's Tropical Park one day last winter. "I'll bet twenty-five on the quarter-horse," barked the Texan. A passerby peeled two tens and a five from his roll and offered to take the bet. "Put that chicken feed back in your pocket," roared the Texan. "I mean twenty-five thousand...
...adviser, is that "companies are not competing for the graduates." Guest Speaker George Corn-stock, Seattle neon-sign manufacturer, agreed. "Business conditions," said he, "are still at a high level." But industries "are tightening up . . . weeding out the misfits and incompetents . . . Job opportunities are still here, but you'll have to beat the bushes more efficiently and thoroughly than last year's graduates." Thereupon, he took up the problem of just what the efficient bushbeater should...
Bolles-coached crews are not notable for inconsistency, however, and the wily coach has been emphasizing the horrible consequences of a loss to his charges all week. "If we beat BU no one will notice, but if we lose we'll never live it down...
...announcement of Train's barring was affirmed by the office of W. Hammerhead Jackass. The balding booster added, "The reserve clause. It'll be a great season...