Word: stretches
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...Apartment--not yet, anyway. They've been able to work songs in here and there--some knockout numbers among them--but when the plot descends into the nitty gritty of suicide, recovery, redemption and love triumphant, the book and score don't mesh. There is even a sizeable stretch in the middle of the second act where the music disappears altogether...
...Harvard foursome loped down the hill and onto the flat final stretch, Shaw sprinted into a commanding lead, followed by Pottetti, Hardin, and Spengler closely grouped behind. They finished in that order, a scant ten seconds separating the first from fourth...
Apparently they loved playing music together, and they communicated the love. As George Harrison says, "In Hamburg we had played for...eight hours at a stretch, loving it all...Back in Liverpool...it was still as enjoyable...We never rehearsed an act...It was so spontaneous, all jokes and laughs...Then came touring which was great at first...
...national park, which will open to hikers and campers in a few years, comprises 58,000 acres along Northern California's coast in Humboldt and Del Norte counties. Half the acreage comes from three small state forests that stretch south from near the Oregon border for about 33 miles along the coast. The Federal Government will complete the park by buying up the land in between the state parks from timber companies and private individuals for $92 million. Sequestered within the park will be 32,500 acres of virgin redwoods, including the world's tallest (367 feet) tree...
...Philip Morris, Inc., lit the long-cigarette craze with its two-puffs, three-puffs, maybe-even-five-puffs longer, 100-mm. Benson & Hedges. Sales increased so suddenly that all cigarette companies rushed into the longs market. Of the 17 new brands, 15 were 100-mm.; of these, 13 were stretch versions of existing brands. Long cigarettes now have 13% of the market, and the field is getting overcrowded...