Word: lone
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...legislature to appropriate additional funds. Older politicians advised him that it would be political folly to demand more money so early in his regime, but Shivers ignored them and even dared to use some uncomplimentary language about Texas. In his message to the session, he said: "Texas, the proud Lone Star State-first in oil, 48th in mental hospitals; first in cotton, worst in tuberculosis; first in raising goats, last in caring for its state wards." The legislature came through with the funds he wanted...
...built Continental to its present size in only nine years. After graduating from high school in Jackson, Tenn., he took a job as ticket agent for a midwestern bus line, soon worked his way up to traffic manager. In 1943, after a stint with another bus line, Moore organized Lone Star Coaches, and with a borrowed $2,500,000 bought out Bowen Motor Coaches of Fort Worth, second largest independent in the South. With Lone Star serving most of the Army camps in Texas, business boomed during the war; Moore expanded into Colorado and New Mexico...
...cognoscenti gave their closest attention to the Festival Piano Quartet (a string trio and piano). Its players were famous "lone wolves of music," Pianist Clifford Curzon, Violinist Joseph Szigeti, Violist William Primrose, Cellist Pierre Fournier, and its founder was the late great Pianist Artur Schnabel. Like most serious musicians, the big-name soloists love to play chamber music; for the privilege of playing together, they agreed to accept fees far below their normal standard. Their performances of Brahms, Schubert and Fauré were brilliant. But few listeners outside of Edinburgh will have a chance to hear them: the quartet will...
...nearly a quarter-century, Nila Mack has been against new models in heroes. She doesn't care for spacemen (Buck Rogers), cowboys (the Lone Ranger) or clear-eyed adolescent adventurers (Jack Armstrong). As writer-producer-director of Let's Pretend (Sat. 11:05 a.m., CBS), she has stuck to her conviction that young radio listeners still like giants, witches and fairy godmothers best. Says Nila: "I'll back seven-league boots and magic wands any time against six-shooters and space ships...
...already done with such other debtor companies as Lone Star Steel and Tennessee Central Railroad...