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Word: makeing (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1950-1950
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...behind the new plan. Straphangers enthusiastically supported Prío for forcing action to rid Havana of its noisy, run-down trolleys. The influential weekly Bohemia hailed Pawley as "one of the most distinguished figures in the U.S., whose various enter prises, including aviation firms in India and China, make his biography a true teaching in industry and social service...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: CUBA: Wizard at Work | 3/20/1950 | See Source »

Along with its hula dancers and splendid climate, Hawaii has its troubles. One of the worst is bugs. Latest undesirable to make good in the Islands is the Oriental fruit fly, an insect slightly smaller than a house fly and conspicuously marked by yellow stripes round its abdomen. It arrived during wartime, probably hitchhiking by aircraft or ship from Saipan, and spread like winged wildfire throughout the Islands, riddling all sorts of fruit and vegetables...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Science: Oriental Undesirables | 3/20/1950 | See Source »

...somehow Conductor Golschmann and St. Louis got along fine. Now that Serge Koussevitzky and the Boston Symphony have parted company after 25 years, Golschmann's 19 years in St. Louis make him the most permanent conductor...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Music: Halfway in St. Louis | 3/20/1950 | See Source »

...Meadow, Faraway Places) on to the hit parade. She has helped bring back the vogue for tandem singing by doubling with Wakely, Jack Smith, Bob Hope and Bandleader Frank DeVol. Says Los Angeles Disc Jockey Gene Norman: "Margaret could sing a duet with a talking horse and make him sound good...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Music: Sing It to Me | 3/20/1950 | See Source »

Beethoven: Sonata No. 7, Op. 30 No. 2 (Joseph Szigeti, violin; Mieczyslaw Horszowski, piano; Columbia, 2 sides LP). Violinist Szigeti's expressiveness and devoted musicianship go a long way towards making up for his often raspy tone-far enough in fact to make this an excellent performance. Recording: good...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Music: New Records, Mar. 20, 1950 | 3/20/1950 | See Source »

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