Word: wildness
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...With wild hopes but grave doubts, seven musicians gathered in Wichita, Kans. and laid plans to start a symphony orchestra. From the employees of Wichita's aircraft builders (Boeing, Beech) and the friendly musicians' union local, they managed to collect $300. They wrote letters to some 70 other musicians in nearby towns, asking them to play the first year without pay. The infant orchestra rehearsed in a hotel ballroom, where the players had to sweep the floor themselves. That was eleven years ago. Today, the Wichita Symphony has an $80,000 yearly budget and not even the local...
...Indian Fighter, first production of an independent company formed by Actor Kirk Douglas, is one of the more successful of Hollywood's current attempts to sow a wild oater. The picture begins with a closeup shot of a shapely Indian girl (Elsa Martinelli) undressing by the side of a forest stream. After a while a paleface (Kirk Douglas) moseys by, and the two of them engage in some water play. By the time Actor Douglas gets out of the drink, he is really in the Siouxp. Old Red Cloud is attacking the fort...
...invariably wears the expression of a peevish raisin. For a time, the spectator is able to identify himself with the plight of Henry, who is said to be in mortal danger from a frightful bore. As things turn out, the script is not referring to Lana-just some wild pig. So the boar gores, but the gore bores, and the only consolation is offered by Sir Cedric Hardwicke, who is all dressed up like a wizard and looks sorry he did it, even for all that money. "What will be," says Sir Cedric mysteriously, "will...
...Gonaxis arrive in California. The state has its own carnivorous snails, and for years they have been doing a good job of keeping native California snails in check. Why import a foreign variety? In reply, Clausen points to the fact that California snails have generally stuck to wild areas, and presumably could not be coaxed into orchards. More over, says Clausen, he does not fear that the Gonaxis will devour the Helix and turn to other food. Long before that happens, the law of supply and demand will take over, freezing the population of both hunter and hunted...
...short lived. With eight minutes to go, M.I.T. star Dmitri Vergun, a disappointment for most of the evening, sunk a hook which knotted the score at 47-47. From then on it was close all the way. A Tech basket with 58 seconds remaining sent the large cowds wild, but Hastings' lay-up 13 seconds later proved the clincher. Both teams missed chances to score in the final seconds...