Word: warm
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...protection. Uncooperative policemen were shifted to faraway beats, district attorneys obligingly quashed indictments, amiable Hines magistrates freed the small fry. Into Hines's personal treasury came -in addition to the customary kickbacks from city employees and officials-vast wads of money from Schultz. How Hines profited from his warm association with other leading hoods, e.g., Lucky Luciano, young Frank Costello, Rackets Banker Arnold Rothstein, only the principals knew-and they never talked...
...head of cattle. Caught in the blizzard were thousands of homeowners and travelers. Aboard the Union Pacific's Denver-bound City of St. Louis, stopped in deep Kansas drifts, 213 passengers and crewmen huddled for two days, ripped down the train's drapes and curtains to keep warm. In Tascosa, Texas, 16-year-old Chester Simpson stubbornly set out on foot to keep a date with his girl 30 miles away in Amarillo, staggered to within four miles of the city's outskirts in the black night, died on a barbed-wire fence...
...Warm Up. In Piedmont. Italy, where the National "Hearty Eaters" Competition is being held, one contestant attracted heavy betting by putting away a trial meal of 20 artichokes, 200 pickles, 15 mushrooms, 20 slices of smoked tongue, four portions of meat-filled dumplings, two bowls of rice, two helpings of hog's pudding, three helpings of boiled beef and chili, one chicken, three helpings of veal with salad, 1 Ib. of cheese, half a pie, a bowl of fruit, a gallon of wine, three glasses of cognac, four cups of coffee...
...trio sonata style, could be heard. In Bach's Second Violin Sonata Michael Day played with admirable musicianship; Bertram Baldwin accompanied at the harpsichord. Violinist David Hurwitz closed his part of the concert with a fine performance of Handel's Sonata in F. He played with restraint and a warm tone, and was ably assisted by Jonathan Thackeray, harpsichord, and Mary Davidoff, continuo...
Another of Professor Thompson's works, the Familiar Alleluia, was performed following the award of a Harvard Glee Club medal to the composer. In his presentation Professor Wodworth spoke high praise of his colleague's contribution to the choral repertory, a tribute seconded by the warm appreciation of the audience...