Word: quarters
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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Simple Desires. To King, the reward was welcome but not surprising. His sugary three-quarter-time, he admits, has already made him "a little better than a millionaire." It has paid for a luxurious grey Georgian house in Chicago's suburban Kenilworth, a 680-acre Ottawa, Ill. feeder farm where cattle are fattened for market, and a 640-acre hunting reservation in Wisconsin. Last week, puffing thoughtfully on one of his 300 pipes (briars, clays and cobs), King explained why his style is so successful: "There are many people whose musical desires are very simple. We try to play...
...This was such a handsome price that CCC had to buy nearly 30 million Ibs. of dried eggs. Secretary of Agriculture Charles F. Brannan is afraid the total cost may run to $200 million. Despite the enormous surplus, wholesale prices this month were the highest in a quarter century. Mourned Brannan: "The prospects for the year ahead are still more discouraging...
Spivak, in his first game as center forward, monopolized the scoring of the first half, booting in balls at 5:35 and again at 19:20 of the second quarter to give the Crimson a 2 to 0 half-time lead...
...minutes into the third quarter, Tufts Morris sneaked down the let side and beat goalie Batchelder from 20 yards out. But two more Harvard goals insured the game...
...fourth quarter, second-string inside left Jim Johnson scored his first varsity goal when he cut across the center of the field and kicked a high one past Tufts goalkeeper Leonida Borghi. Ted Wolf scored rarity, was good...