Word: pedestrians
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...Symphony No. 7 (St. Louis Symphony, Vladimir Golschmann conducting; Victor; 6 sides). Two of the great Finn's finest. Golschmann's 7th, the only version available outside the six-volume collection of the Sibelius Society, is an ideal performance, magnificently recorded. Barbirolli's First is somewhat pedestrian, strongly rivaled by Ormandy's excellent Victor album...
...more likely explanation for the toll of prisoners was the swiftness of the Russian attack. Hitherto, Russian assaults have been battering operations carried out largely by pedestrian troops. For the first time in the war Timoshenko had mounted an agile, Panzer-type, fast-moving attack that encircled and overwhelmed. The Germans were apparently surprised as much by this as by the suddenness of the onslaught...
...take the present darling, Dinah Shore. She is undoubtedly a far more capable singer than Hutton, especially in projecting her personality through radio and records. In the main, though, hers is a very limited and pedestrian talent compared with even the average swing musician's. Dinah's best interpretations are expressly designed for romance, and she is more than adept. Other times she signs pleasantly, if that well. If you like her, fine. But if you can listen to Benny Goodman, can separate the slag from the gold, and still like Dinah, your standards are inconsistent...
Another tip: a pedestrian in a blackout should keep out of the way of a vehicle with lights-he can see much better than the driver...
...special blackout street lamp has been announced by General Electric. It is made of plastics and cast iron, with no glass, hence is fairly immune to shrapnel. The lamp is 9 candle power, gives one-sixtieth the illumination of full moonlight, i.e., barely enough to distinguish a pedestrian at 40 feet...