Word: unspectacularly
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...campaign was unspectacular. No speeches; no chorus girls; no buttonholing of voters; no rallying of friends; in fact it consisted entirely of eleven posters displayed in the Union...
Stennis staged an unspectacular campaign. But his earnest speeches drew good crowds. He spoke out in favor of "the Southern way of life"; otherwise, he did not mention the subject of white supremacy. Instead, he talked about improving agricultural methods and backing the U.N. Said John Stennis, a teetotaler, a staunch Presbyterian and a family man (two children): "As a Senator ... I want to plow a straight furrow down...
...first run, at speeds up to 40 m.p.h., was unspectacular. On the second, Hughes moved the plane up to 90. On the third, the lumbering giant got up to 100 m.p.h., unexpectedly took to the air, flew about a mile at an altitude of 70 feet. There were 30 persons aboard on the initial flight-engineers and technicians. Although flying is what a plane is supposed to do, the event was treated as startling news. (The New York Daily Mirror headlined: "HUGHES TESTS BIG PLANE-IT FLIES...
...fill the gaps MacDonald has the Freshman defense of last year, which was not the strongest part of that team, and a flock of steady but unspectacular reserves from last year's Varsity. Mac spent most of last week trying out the candidates at various positions and experimenting with different combinations, but had no comment on how his plans were working...
Last week the hapless St. Louis Browns, deep in the American League cellar, signed up Negroes 3 & 4. Ex-G.I.s Willard Brown and Henry Thompson were leading hitters on the Negro Kansas City Monarchs. In the first five games with the Browns, they got an unspectacular four hits between them. The crowd-pulling novelty was about over; Negroes would stand or fall as ballplayers, which was the way they wanted...