Word: packs
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...such other big-name outfits as Whiteman, Goodman, Lopez and Kostelanetz. He also managed to do some composing of his own, turned up a wartime hit San Fernando Valley. Hi biggest single venture to date ("comparing it to all the other things is like stacking a symphony alongside a pack of pop tunes") is Manhattan Tower, a frequently maudlin, occasionally sprightly four-section tribute to the big city, which he wrote in 1945 after a three-week champagne party in a suite of Manhattan's Ritz Tower Hotel. Recorded by Jenkins himself, it is still one of Decca...
Little Augie worked harder than most, for in 1949 he had finished second, seven minutes behind Vic Scott's* record-breaking 3:28.14. This year Augie got a good start, right up with the pack, but soon found himself losing ground. He had gambled that the water would be rough, had loaded his forward fuel tank to keep his bow down. The water just south of Albany was calmer than he had hoped...
...reporter blurted at the editor of World Picture magazine, "would you consider the greatest news story of all time?" The reporter thought he had it: a research chemist had just synthesized sunlight and seaweed into a wonder food, Nutro 29. One box of pills no bigger than a pack of cigarettes and probably just as cheap would feed a man for a month...
Cantrell's time was called "excellent" by veteran observers, even though the course was comparatively smooth. Cantrell took a slight early lead and then steadily pulled away from the pack. Ken Emerson of Hollis finished second. His time...
Walsh easily won the 440 in 54.5 seconds. The feature of this race, however, was the stretch sprint of Welch, who drove up through the pack in the last turn to take second place...