Word: sydney
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...reception committee of vice squad sleuths and Australian customs men wait ed at Sydney Airport to greet Sir Eugene Goossens, 62, composer of 64 worthy musical works (e.g., The Apocalypse), conductor of the Sydney Symphony Orchestra since 1947 and maestro of the Cincinnati Symphony for 16 seasons before that. London-born Sir Eugene, thrice-married father of five daughters, was startled by such a homecoming after a European concert tour. So were his welcomers. The "prohibited imports" strewn through Goossens' luggage: some 1,100 "indecent" photographs, several naughty books and movie films, three strange rubber masks...
...Hampden-Sydney...
Crybaby Crooner Johnnie (The Little White Cloud That Cried) Ray was close to real tears in Australia after a wild and wooly welcome from adoring teen-age fans. Ray, a veteran of Down-Under tours, sagged in a chair at Sydney's airport following a grating big hello from kids who smashed down barricades to get at him. Ripped: his shirt and coat. Lost: his tie, hanky and decorum...
...most part, the debate was solemn and deeply thoughtful. The most eloquent of the abolitionists was yellow-haired Bevanite Sydney Silverman, whose sarcastic, extreme left-wing speeches usually irritate the House; in this debate he heard a rare cheer as he urged "free men, free women, free Members of Parliament in a free society to wipe this dark stain from our statute books...
...Less than 24 hours after she swam a world's record (5:06.7) 440-yd. free-style race at Sydney, Australia's Lorraine Crapp, 17, covered the distance once more, lowered the mark to 5:05.9. In the same pool another Australian youngster, Garry Chapman, 17, won the 220-yd. freestyle with a world record...