Word: placidness
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...placid little (pop. 6,949) Midland, Ont. on the shores of Lake Huron, 24 newly arrived German workmen last week began uncrating $100,000 worth of optical machinery in a rented curling rink. The workers, from Leitz's famed optical works at Wetzlar, began setting up lens-grinders, buffers, drills, in preparation for moving into a new $200,000 factory near by. There they will assemble Leica cameras, photo accessories, special lenses, and aim for a share of rearmament's precision optical orders...
...Chic. Though life has grown noticeably more placid for Desi and Lucille, it promises more money than they ever made before. Desilu Productions has already branched out beyond I Love Lucy. It is filming TV commercials for Red Skelton, and is at work on a new TV series, Our.Miss Brooks, starring Eve Arden. Three of the best 30-minute Lucy shows are being put together in a package and will be experimentally released to movie theaters in the U.S. and Latin America. This year, / Love Lucy has grossed about $1,000,000, and Sponsor Philip Morris has signed a contract...
...Crimson varsity, rowing over placid waters into a slight headwind, was never threatened. After a 15-stroke racing start, stroke Lou McCagg settled to a 32, and held the beat between 31 and 32 1/2 for the rest of the race. Harvard led by half mile, length at the half mile, a litle over a length at the mile, and despite the Tigers' sprint, pulled out at the end. Princeton rowed the body of the race at 33 or 34, ending with a full sprint...
...pastoral style, strongly reminiscent of Vaughan Williams. The first three movements became slightly monotonous because of the similarity of their musical ideas, though this impression may be due to the uniformity of the tempi with which they were performed. In the fourth movement, Mr. Davison departs from his hitherto placid style and attempts, I think successfully, a more elaborate plan. Especially noteworthy are the many long, beautifully constructed melodies which appear in the course of this composition...
Unbeaten in four years, Button said he was still not satisfied with yesterday's showing. With his trainer Gus Lussu of Lake Placid, he immediately started practice for Thursday's free-skating, his specialty. Considered the top man in that section. Button is expected to have little trouble winning his second straight Olympic championship...