Word: basin
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...Charles River Basin, long the joint property of the Varsity crew and the M.I.T. dinghy feet, seems to be facing a possible consolidation of ownership these days. A rejuvenated Crimson Yacht Club has brought the mythical championship into dispute for the first time in nearly a decade...
...days before the opening, the boys had gotten together just to get the feel. Satchmo had warmed up, as usual, on a few bars from Mascagni's Cavalleria Rusticana, then for an hour they had lazed through old favorites like Basin Street Blues, Fidgety Feet and Sugar. Finally, Louis put down his horn and hit a few high Fs in the plain-talk department...
...UNESCO (designed to achieve peace by its influence on the minds of men) studied the jungles of the Amazon basin and other interesting matters...
...plot: the king of Basin Street (Arturo de Cordova) is run out of town by the mother (Irene Rich) of a music-minded debutante (Dorothy Patrick) who likes him and the short-haired music played in Arturo's basement by Louis Armstrong (Louis Armstrong). Arturo and Louis move on to Chicago and finally to world success, which is excuse enough for everybody to kiss and make...
...Metropolitan District Commissioner has left the rosewater bather out of his calculations this summer with the announcement that over a dozen beaches are now open on the Charles River from the Boston Basin to Populatic Pond 25 miles upstream. More accessible than Revere or Nantasket, Magazine Beach and Gerry's Landing are designed for early morning dips...