Word: quarters
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...mortality has been steady: 46 have died since the beginning of this year, only nine more than in the comparable period of 1968. Considering that Russia counted 10,000 generals in its army at the end of World War II, the close deaths of that many of them a quarter of a century later was curious but actuarially quite plausible. Old soldiers, after all, do die as well as fade away...
...sway Goodrich shareholders, costly advertisements passed the word that not only was Northwest attempting to swallow a much larger company, but it had also reported a first-quarter loss of $3.9 million. Recent ads pointed out that Northwest's stock had dropped from $140 in January, to 81¾ last week, with the result that Heineman's generous original package offer for one share of Goodrich was now worth about $10 less. (Goodrich stock closed last week...
...years ago, I wandered into Preservation Hall in the French Quarter of New Orleans on a night when George Lewis was playing. I was knocked out by his music. I didn't know what it all meant then; I didn't really know who those old men were, what their lives had been like, or what made their music so great. I only knew that it was great, and that Lewis' clarinet was the most beautiful sound I had ever heard...
...them had played with the greats of New Orleans jazz in their youths--Armstrong, Edmund Hall, Johnny Dodds, King Oliver, Sidney Bechet. These were just fellow musicians to these old men. There were only a handful of active musicians when Preservation Hall opened its gates to French Quarter audiences. When it became successful, the few active professionals were joined by others who had put their instruments down long ago. Before long, they were all playing as if nothing had happened to their music or to their lives, though in some cases, it meant the return of white-haired...
...Derby is a mile-and-a-quarter, the Preakness is a mile-and-three-sixteenths, and the Belmont is a mile-and-a-half. The extra quarter-mile of ground makes a lot of difference...