Word: topflighters
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...whatever I had to because of the differences of personal interpretation. It probably sounded very different." Both Beethoven and Bernstein were at times almost too frenzied for the cameras to keep pace, but the show (produced by Robert Saudek and his Omnibus staff) gave a unique picture of a topflight orchestra at work and of One-Man-Show Bernstein as he shook, bounced, grinned, sang along with the score, hushed and spurred the musicians, gave cues as if blowing a kiss or throwing a dagger...
...League administrators are happy. With uniform admission standards, they turn up with teams of roughly equal strength that beat each other with unpredictable irregularity, making up in excitement what they may lack in consistent skill. They even produce a few topflight football players. The likes of Harvard's Tackle Bob ("Shag") Shaunessy, Brown...
...others, it has uncovered no single outstanding player in the tradition of Minnesota's Bronko Nagurski (1929), Michigan's Tom Harmon (1940), Ohio State's Hopalong Cassady (1955). Instead, All-America selectors-and the pro teams-will have to choose among a large group of topflight, if not superhuman players...
...Iowa's pass-happy Randy Duncan (91 completions in 151 tries); and Notre Dame Newcomer George Izo, who was promoted to the first string only at midseason, has since completed 47 out of 77 passes for seven touchdowns. But 1958 may be best remembered as the year that topflight halfbacks sprang up all over the U.S. On late-season form, some who have proved themselves among the best...
...Topflight Staff. No sooner had American signed its jet contracts than it began planning for the long and involved transition from props. Though Smith personally keeps tabs on every major problem, he is surrounded by topflight staffers: Among them...