Word: underlying
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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Yellow Peak. Spruce but hatless, Hoagy had flown into Indianapolis from Los Angeles earlier in the week, dashed straight to the Murat Theater to oversee the rehearsals. Conductor Sevitzky* made room for him next to the podium, and after the photographers had finished crawling under the music racks to snap...
Beethoven: Symphony No. 2 (the San Francisco Symphony, Pierre Monteux conducting; Victor, 8 sides, 45 r.p.m.). This happy early work is the least heard of the nine symphonies; the nicely adjusted performance of the San Francisco, under happy Pierre Monteux, will make listeners wonder why. Recording: excellent.
To prevent both discomfort and danger, Dr. Peckham advises, wear proper sunglasses-"the darker the better." Manufacturers are satisfied if their glasses cut out one-third of the light rays; some ophthalmologists now suggest cutting out as much as 80% to 90%. (The Navy issued some sunglasses which cut out...
Under the smooth promotional hand of Pillsbury Mills, Inc., 100 top amateur U.S. cooks competed last week in Manhattan's Waldorf-Astoria Hotel in a $70,-ooo prize baking contest. With 100 electric ranges set up on the ballroom floor, the cooks-97 women and three men-donned aprons...
Last week the London-Tangier diamond trade, which had enabled U.S. dealers to get gems for one-sixth under their London price, received a mortal blow. In London's Clerkenwell Court, I. Hennig & Co., Ltd., one of Britain's most respected diamond merchants, was convicted of customs evasion...