Word: winter
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...Fitzgerald will go in the two-mile against a field of unknown quality. Fitzgerald is something of a question mark himself, since he has concentrated on the mile event this winter. The only Crimson entry seemingly involved in a losing cause is captain Al Gordon, who will be up against a brilliant field...
...more icebergs in northern latitudes, while in the Temperate Zone temperatures were subnormal and precipitation abnormal. It might be pointed out that during the great magnetic storm of February 10 the eastern and central parts of the United States were suffering from the worst cold waves of the winter...
...Buffalo's Marine Trust Co., was a ranking squash player, holds a seven-goal polo rating, combined with his two sons to form a powerful polo team. Nordy began learning the rudiments of court tennis at the Aiken Tennis Club in South Carolina, where the family has a winter home, took it up seriously after he graduated from Yale ('50) and moved to New York. For his teacher, he had the very best: tiny (5 ft. 6 in.) Pierre Etchebaster, now 65, a bouncy Basque who held the world open title from 1928 to 1954, is still probably...
...real forte might be the harpsichord, which lacks dynamic range (it sounds almost the same whether whacked or stroked) and mainly requires delicate, precise fingering. It also requires good care: the slightest humidity change in the Pleasants' Bonn home makes their instrument go sharp in summer, flat in winter. In winter they boil as much as two gallons of water daily to keep it in tune...
...oater. The Rifleman. All the rest of the top ten are oldtimers, and apart from the Danny Thomas Show, they are all westerns. Reaching charitably down into the top 30, Variety records a few new "nervous" hits, e.g., Peter Gunn, The Texan. But TV's winter statistics make up a sad list of dead and dying shows...