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Word: stringings (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1940-1949
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Lowell followed its usual give-them-a-big-lead-and-then-pull-the string procedure with Kirkland. They played a casual first period, shooting seldom and with little accuracy, guarding lackadaisically, while the Deacons amassed a seemingly unbeatable lead of 14 points, 20 to 6, on the pivot shots and rebounds of Pat McCormick and the field work and set shooting of John Pankey...

Author: By John R.W. Smail, | Title: Lowell Downs Deacon Five; Dunster Wins | 1/14/1949 | See Source »

...string of shifts set off by the 7th's move would seriously weaken the U.S. position, not only in Korea but in all East Asia. In Japan the 7th would relieve the crack nth Airborne Division. The 11th would move back to the U.S. Barely three weeks after Douglas MacArthur's urgent plea for reinforcements (TIME, Dec. 20), the War Department was taking away from him 12,000 of his best troops...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: STRATEGY: After You | 1/10/1949 | See Source »

Haydn: Quartet in C Major, Op. 33, No. 3 (the Griller String Quartet; English Decca, 4 sides). The Griller players add a little unbecoming weight to "The Bird," one of Haydn's best string quartets, but it still flies gayly and engagingly. Recording: good...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Music: New Records, Jan. 3, 1949 | 1/3/1949 | See Source »

Hindemith: Quartet in E Flat (the Budapest String Quartet; Columbia, 6 sides). Yale's Composer-Professor Paul Hindemith wrote this heavy quartet in 1943. Dreary in its slow movements, it even has a note of gloom in its bright ones. Performance and recording: good...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Music: New Records, Jan. 3, 1949 | 1/3/1949 | See Source »

When the gag was over, Perry Como rushed into Studio Two, where an all-string orchestra awaited him. A few moments later they were lurching through the Missouri Waltz, a Truman inauguration special which was Victor's first commercial disc...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Music: One for Harry | 12/27/1948 | See Source »

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