Word: plugged
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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Chennault's Mercenaries. To no one man belongs credit for organizing and recruiting the A.V.G. But A.V.G.'s spark plug from the start, its commander in Burma now, is a famous U.S. flyer: lean, dark Brigadier General Claire L. Chennault of Water Proof...
...much-abused Tchaikovsky piano concerto had disappeared abruptly from best-selling and radio-plug lists, but another classic was in the offing-Grieg Piano Concerto, recorded by Bandleader Freddy Martin, who had started the Tchaikovsky boom...
...distinguish from indifference. The critic should feel free to pan what he personally dislikes and praise the rest, and the fact of his having the job should be a guarantee that he tries to understand and appreciate the solid values in every period, form, and style, and not to plug for the kind of music most suited to his temperament...
...player in Manhattan's Madison Square Garden Invitation Tournament last year; Stanford's Forrest Anderson, All-Pacific Coast forward; Missouri's John Lobsiger, Big Six biggie; Dartmouth's Bob White, star of 1940's Ivy League champions; and Indiana's Bill Menke, spark plug of the team that won the National Collegiate title two years...
Isaac, Adam's second son, was the spark plug. He started the tradition that every Gimbel should start at the bottom of the retail ladder, work up. Practically every male Gimbel since has done so, though not all stuck...