Word: reines
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...Typical was General Washington, decorative, naive, fantastic. General and horse were suspended in air, unpropped by Delaware ice cakes or the neoclassic columns of Mount Vernon. The plume on the General's tricorne hat looked like a Christmas tree. Though utterly alone, the Father of His Country drew rein and fired his pistol...
Base Hits, Not Glitter. With the Phillies, Bucky Harris was given free rein and he made the most of it. He steered Cox away from glittering names, helped him make shrewd deals. In the face of a player shortage that has prevented older and wiser owners from landing much-needed players, Cox got five new faces for his starting lineup - none of whom cost the club more than the major-league waiver price...
...Draw rein, draw breath...
...Massillon (pop. 26,000) is Paul Brown's home town, as well as the cradle of pro football. Football mad, the Massillon high-school committeemen gave little Brownie free rein with the job of football coach eleven years ago. He knew what to do with it. He gathered together a staff, got them jobs as physical-education instructors in Massillon's grade schools. By the time Massillon's kids got to high school, they had learned fundamentals the way Brown wanted them taught...
...Valley" places no such reliance on the magnitude of its message. As a matter of fact, it is probably weakest at those points where a stab at "social significance" is made. It is strongest where it allows the artistry of the specialists involved in its making to have free rein. It's the sort of thing that generally winds up as an artistic success but a financial flop. But when it's as well done as "How Green," the ticket-buying public goes...