Word: standout
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...varsity captain, Keyes made All-Ivy for the third successive year. He excelled this season despite several crippling injuries. McCall, long recognized by coach Bruce Munro as one of the best halfbacks in the East, was a standout on both offense and defense...
...unlimited division, Ted Robbins, a 195-pound senior who was a Crimson standout last year, took an easy 6-0 decision...
Amidst the third-quarter earnings reports and stock-split announcements last week there was a standout: Westinghouse Electric Corp. With the company's nine months' earnings soaring ($3.17 per share v. $2.79 in 1958) on only slightly higher sales than last year, its directors recommended a two-for-one stock split, boosted the annual dividend rate from $2 to $2.40. For Westinghouse, the nation's oldest (73 years) and second largest electrical equipment maker (first: General Electric), the split climaxed a three-year drive to reorganize the company and recover from a crippling five-month...
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...surprise, the festival's standout was the Dave Brubeck Quartet. Blending classical and jazz traditions with a masterful touch, Milhaud-trained Pianist Brubeck (TIME cover, Nov. 8, 1954) and his mates (Eugene Wright on bass, Joe Morello on drums, Paul Desmond on alto sax) made each number sound like a theme and variations. The quartet usually started with well-known tunes (These Foolish Things, St. Louis Blues), then varied the tempo (from 4/4 to 5/4 and back to 3/4) as it injected its own sometimes loud, sometimes soft designs. The solo lead flew like a badminton bird from...