Word: notch
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...notch designers, dreaming of the field day they will have at war's end, now chiefly dispute where to put the engine. Said Detroit's independent George W. Walker "In the rear, where it's belonged all along." Ford's tall E. T. ("Bob") Gregorie, whose laboratory is Edsel Ford's favorite port of call, demurred...
This is one musical in which the book and the music just about balance. They are both top-notch, though you may find a trifle too much talk in the second act. The times are in the traditional Rodgers and Hart pattern, but not so repetitions as they have been in the past. "Nobody's Heart Belongs to Mc" is a fine and mellow torch number; "The Gateway of the Temple of Minerva" is a hot boogic woogie special. And "Careless Rhapsody" is another song you'll be whistling soon...
Floyd Stahl, next speaker, praised the work of the baseball team so far this year, and especially the work of Bart Harvey, Bill Barnes and Ed Fitzgibbons, all of them he ranked as top notch players. As typical of what he called "the will to work" he mentioned Bill Hausserman, who has been working steadily and consistently to better his playing...
...exiled Government of conquered Belgium put on last week, in Manhattan, one of the most important exhibitions of Flemish primitives the U.S. has ever seen. Most notable items were seven top-notch paintings which had been smuggled out of Europe via South America and the Far East, and had never before been seen in the U.S. Painted with almost microscopic care, their colors as mellow and clear as the tone of an old violin, these pictures resembled the work of modern "primitive" artists (TIME, Feb. 9) only in the prim simplicity and occasional unconscious humor of their subject matter...
...chief threats to the Crimson should come either from Cornell or Syracuse, both of whom come to the Charles with high-calibre press notices and nothing concrete on which to predict their performances. Syracuse had a top-notch Freshman boat last year, and most of this is now on the Orange Varsity. In addition to this, the high stroke at which Syracuse is accustomed to row is much better suited for the Henley than the longer mile and three-quarters...