Word: stringings
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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Treasure Trove. Near Atlanta, Charles H. Farmer spotted something shiny on a creek bottom, dove in, came up with 1) a rhinestone pin, 2) a gold locket, 3) a string of pearls, 4) a gold watch chain, 5) crystal beads, 6) a Zipper shaving...
Later, an Argentine polo pony trader arrived in the U.S. with a string of 24 mounts. He expected them to go like hotcakes, at $3,000 to $5,000 apiece, as they did before the war. By last week, he had not sold one. U.S. poloists had learned to appreciate the home-grown Texas cow-pony, which can run like the wind for 100 yards, stop on a dime and take a lot of punishment...
With Scattered players returning to the lineup each day from the sick list, Harlow has yet to field his first-string club in its entirety. In keeping with his traditional policy, he has kept all the injured men inactive two days after the medical staff has certified them as ready to play. Wally Flynn at end and George Boston at taaialback have not yet been in contact work for over a week, center Charlie Glynn rested Saturday, and Emil Drvaric has been out of his guard position since the Wednesday B. U. scrimmage...
Personnel shortages exist now in the string section, especially among the violas, and the group needs bassoon players and one more tympanist...
...quick decisions. When he makes them in his mind, he snaps them out--and that's all there is to it. "Funny," he says, "how you can always tell a back the minute you see him walk." And with that a left-end candidate becomes a third-string fullback; and what's more, he makes a lot better fullback than he did an end. That's why Harlow's a good coach instead of just a coach...