Word: plaudits
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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Starting with emaciated pocketbooks and a large group of enthusiastic musicians in September, the band played and spelled its way through nine football games to an unofficial "best in the business" plaudit from the New Yorker in November. Statistically-minded members noted gleefully at the conclusion of the season that the red-coated marchers had formed 208 letters to a meagre 28 for the opposition musicians...