Word: solids
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...menfolk except newspaper editors are heels in "The Lady From Cheyenne," with the result that the old West is going hell-for-leather to the dogs. It takes indignant women, storming from the home with cocked parasols, to transform the wild country into the good, solid U. S. A. Happily, the writers of this movie do not actually believe their legend, confessing in a whimsical prologue that they only "like to think so." Their product is thus an agreeable cross between the conventional horse-opera and a humorous study of the woman suffragette...
...Derby Day, when close to 100,000 racing fans began to pour into Louisville's Churchill Downs, the two "solid horses" were Our Boots and Porter's Cap. But by the time the bands tootled My Old Kentucky Home and eleven of the nation's classiest three-year-olds paraded to the post, Whirlaway had become the favorite. In the paddock, the picnic-like infield and the $100 boxes echoed and re-echoed the hardboots' enthusiasm: if Arcaro can keep Whirlaway from bearing out, there is no horse that can outstay...
Always preferring the conservative approach in editorials and news, the Transcript has remained for over a century aloof from political intrigue yet eager to back solid government. In the able words of its editor Richard Johnson, "the Transcript has been closely interwoven with the history and traditions of Boston and America. Its roots have spread deep into the fundamentals of our community life. It has encouraged the development of the arts, sciences, education, and religion and has always given its full support to honest, fair and efficient government...
That brief first inning spree put the Soldiers Field outfit out in front for the first and last time as the Terriers came back in their half of the first frame to blast Charlie Brackett off the hill with a barrage of solid hits. Brackett, who was starting his first game since the spring trip, faced only seven men before Stahl yanked him in favor of Burgy Ayres...
...height and reach for a good net man and is one of the best doubles men on the team. Former hockey star Marc Becbe has the most powerful serve of the group, Phil Scanlon wields a clever racquet all over the court, and chubby Andy Muldoon possesses a good solid ground stroke but he needs improvement...