Word: neveral
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...gambler's backyard: New York City. At first it was very frustrating. Costello sources did not want to talk about him. They failed to keep appointments with Bell, and when he called them back a voice at the other end of the telephone usually said "never heard...
...Ogle never did find out whether the call was a gag or the real thing...
...much for Mrs. Josephine Shaw of Cleveland. Just because she couldn't whistle, she complained to the Yellow Cab Co., she could never get a taxi. The company consulted its drivers. Yep, they agreed, it was true-hardly anybody knows how to whistle down a cab anymore. Even the men stand mutely, flail the air with a newspaper and hope. "And the women never could whistle," added Cabbie Joseph Likover. "They just run along the curb and wave...
...several "human interest" incidents, and, probably because of Buttons proximity, uses more direct quotes than in any other chapter. Like the other articles, this one is well-documented and factually correct. Button was angered at an early ago by the prediction of an impatient teacher, who said he could never learn to be a figure skater. His determination to "show" this teacher ultimately led to his international success...
...have fallen down. Yet it emerged on top. All entrances were accurate and confident. The strings were together, really together, biting out their passages with a precision reminiscent of some Koussevitzky performances I have heard. The woodwinds were in tune with each other, and the brass was prominent but never blatant. In short, the Orchestra bit off a large piece of music and swallowed it admirably...