Word: somewhat
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...Guido was drafted into the Italian army, was later packed off by the Germans to a labor camp in Frankfurt. When he got home, he weighed only 80 pounds. Now married and heavier, quick-humored Guido is delighted with his chance to work with the NBC Symphony, though still somewhat bashful about his performance. Said he last week: "With this orchestra, there is no impassable level. If I could only express myself in English, I think I could get more from them...
Member Out. The son of a Union Army surgeon, Louis Schmidt got his M.D. at Northwestern University. He hung up his shingle in Chicago 51 years ago. His medical practice grew quickly, eventually became one of Chicago's largest. The growth was helped somewhat in later years by his souped-up Lincoln which got him to out-of-town calls at a spectacular clip. He hired as chauffeur a former policeman who had driven in the Indianapolis speedway races. Says Schmidt: "I don't believe in doctors driving cars. I don't believe in women driving cars...
Cries & Convictions. Last week, the wind was howling hard enough in Chicago to blow any man down, and from a somewhat unexpected quarter. Most fellow musicians had kept their opinions to themselves when Soprano Kirsten Flagstad hit the comeback trail, two years ago, after merely accepting life in occupied Norway (TIME, Dec. 27). But when word got around that Furtwangler would be coming too, they set up an angry cry that could be heard all the way to Vienna...
Lamb & Pup. For two years, Muffin the Mule has been enchanting Britain's old & young. He is supported by a large cast, including a "terribly brainy" penguin who "gets somewhat irritable over other peopie's muddles," and a fluffy, conceited little lamb, privately described by Annette as "possibly a bit of a bitch, but so young it doesn't matter." Other supporting players are Oswald the Ostrich, Willie the Worm, Sally the Seal, Peter the Pup, Poppy the Parrot, and two "rather common" field mice named Morris and Doris...
Thus far the freshmen have a 500 record for the season. In their first game the Yardlings defeated Brown in a somewhat dreary contest whose chief claim to fame was that there were 47 personal fouls committed between the two teams...