Word: roster
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...latest discovery came at the Prague Spring Festival of Music, which celebrated its 20th anniversary with the biggest and most impressive roster of conductors to appear at any of Europe's summer music festivals-among them George Szell, Charles Munch, Zubin Mehta and Georg Solti. Fronted with such competition, Celibi-dache's debut with the Czech Philharmonic was a stunning triumph. He realized, raved one critic, "qualities of the orchestra which until now we could only imagine." Under his baton, Hindemith's Metamorphosis "became a new discovery," Brahms's Fourth Symphony "a perfection of color...
...around the major leagues, 1965 is an exceptional year for new faces. "If every other club has what we do," says Manager Bill Rigney of the Los Angeles Angels, "this has got to be the greatest bumper crop of rookies in history." Rigney has five rookies on his roster, and three of them have starting berths. Centerfielder Jose Cardenal, 21, is hitting .286, has stolen ten bases. Pitcher Marcelino Lopez, 21, is the ace of the Angels' mound staff with six victories, only three defeats, and Third Baseman Paul Schaal, 22, has cracked eight homers. At Kansas City, Manager...
...boxcar. But inside each barrel was a three-bladed propeller, and between two of them was a stubby wing. The boxcar fuselage contained some of the most complex machinery in the history of flight. The whole contraption was billed as the X-22A. Bell's contribution to the roster of V/STOL (Vertical/Short Takeoff and Landing) airplanes...
...year-old college freshman in Queens, N.Y., named Maxine Siegel who wants to buy a 40-year-old real live doll named Yogi Berra. Two weeks ago, when the New York Mets decided to get the most out of Yogi's coaching by taking him off their player roster, they put him on waivers for $1. Explained a Mets spokesman: "Naturally, no one would claim him-it's a gentleman's agreement among clubs." Trouble is, Maxine is no gentleman. She's a Yogi fan. So she whipped off a letter to the club saying: "Since...
Scott says he left the meeting with the impression that, after finishing his current assignment next week, he is to "feel free to look for other employment"--which will leave the company without a single Negro on its roster...