Word: reaches
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...Zuniga in the Hollywood Bowl's Carmen. He takes as many as five lessons each week, is now being trained by Strelitzer to sing all of Wagner's bass roles. Oliver insists that he will not turn professional. But he knows that most bassos do not reach their peak until their mid-40s and admits that the idea is attractive. Says he: "There is a great temptation when you have that feeling of raw power over an audience...
COTTON CROP will reach 14.8 million bales, largest since 1953, because farmers boosted production 29% over last year under new Government program that allows bigger planting, lower support prices. Current surplus: 8,800,000 bales, mostly owned by Government...
...mercifully plentiful underground) has to be flown or trucked into the camps from Algiers. A truck driver on the Algiers-Edjelé run, accustomed to six or seven blowouts per trip, and to having his truck frequently immobilized by sandstorms for days on end, says: "Every time I reach Edjelé, I collapse more or less where I stand, and swear I will never make the run again...
...shops stay open until 3 a.m. (a big winner might be in the mood to buy), but it would all get pretty dull without the shows. To hold the customers' attention, the gaudy hotel nightclubs rely on big old names (Sinatra, Dietrich, Tucker), but they also reach out for newcomers. Last week new acts got a big play in the neon-painted desert...
...private-eye programs, will weigh in with Crosby. Sinatra et al. in some 30 specials. Only apparent problem so far: with one scheduled practically every other night, a "special" may not seem special by season's end. If a new word is needed, the networks can always reach back a few seasons to a quaint, half-forgotten label -"spectacular...