Word: markedly
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...Question-mark team of the league is the Dudley outfit; the Commuters have a huge turnout for the practices, and their coach claims that his local boys "are taught some of the best football in the east." "Our squad is light," says the coach, "but they are fast and scrappy...
Station plans for the year call for longer broadcasting hours--(signing on at 7 p.m. instead of last year's 7:28 p.m. mark). Program scheduling will also include more College news, request programs, and special events such as concerts and forums...
...three consecutive years, Kiner has hit 40 or more home runs, thus set a mark never equaled by such sluggers as Rogers Hornsby, Jimmie Foxx and Joe DiMaggio. Furthermore, the 26-year-old pride of Pittsburgh seemed to be improving with age. One night last week, with 50 homers to his credit, he stepped to the plate with 11,881 fans howling for him to hit another. With the National League's home-run record of 56 (set by Hack Wilson back in 1930) so close and time so short, Kiner's big problem was to keep from...
...carefully grooved swing. The ball cleared the left-field fence for home run No. 51. Three innings later, he put No. 52 in the same place. To Pittsburghers, who head for the exits the moment Kiner has taken his last turn at bat, even Babe Ruth's record mark of 60 (in 1927) still seemed within Kiner's reach...
Chopin: Concerto No. 1 In E Minor (Alexander Brailowsky, piano, with the RCA Victor Symphony Orchestra, William Steinberg conducting; Victor, 8 sides). Artur Rubinstein's magnificent performance (also for Victor) is a mark for most pianists to shoot at; Brailowsky's softer and sometimes soggy version just misses. Recording: excellent...