Word: seconder
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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Died. Mario Lanza (Alfredo Arnold Cocozza), 38. golden-throated tenor who aspired to be a second Caruso but lacked the self-discipline to train his voice, went instead on a ten-year whirl of Hollywood, where he grossed $5,000,000 from films (The Great Caruso) and recordings (Be My Love, The Loveliest Night of the Year) that sold more than a million copies each, collected a mass of button-snatching fans who fed his conviction that his loud voice was a great one; of a heart attack; in Rome. Lanza quarreled capriciously with his Hollywood benefactors, was sued...
...were noted for their adventurousness (one sailed with Columbus) and their illegitimacy. He was still in his teens when he decided that men are, so to speak, either florists or deflorists. His bent was clear, and when his mother enrolled him in a seminary, he was quickly expelled. The second volume of the Putnam edition (the first was issued last spring, and four more will appear at half-year intervals) takes up the rake's progress when he is 23. Casanova has joined a runaway beauty named Henriette, set her up in a lavish apartment in Parma. In three...
...disgruntled varsity soccer squad that walked off the field last Saturday after its second scoreless tie in a row. The Crimson hammered away at Columbia's goal for four quarters and two overtime periods, but the tenacious Lion defense never yielded...
...games this year, the Crimson picked up an early lead in the first half, and then came out in the second lethargically daring the opposition to catch up. Columbia capitalized on the second half hangover with two scores, whittling the Crimson lead to six points...
...crowd moved to the exits, the Lions' second string quarterback, Dick Sakala, shattered the Crimson pass defense with five aerials good for 65 yards and the final touchdown...