Word: certainly
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...times they play the same tunes, but there is a distinct difference in presentation. In other words, arrangements are different. This has plenty to do with one's style. Even if two bands played the same arrangement, there would be a noticeable difference in execution and interpretation. Thus, a certain band becames prominent because its peculiar style appeals to the public. In every band there is something about the arrangements, that should more or less attract attention, either because they are unusually different or decidedly unique in some particular detail. Good arrangements are those which show the musicianship...
...Public is always an interesting study. This is especially true where bands are concerned. Of the numerous name bands which are in demand, all are big favorites in certain sections of the country. Yet, they all vary in style and size. Some have novelty features that catch on, and others have music "fascinate," still others have simplicity that sells, and there are those whose showmanship is "the magnetic power;" nevertheless they are all box office attractions. Sometimes we wonder if really preparing music in the pure sense is worth the trouble because in many places our audiences seem to turn...
...part this contrast may be due to screwy statistics (the production index is heavily weighted by certain industries), but in large part it represents technological improvements. For if improved machinery increases output per man, it is perfectly possible to have bigger production and bigger unemployment at the same time. Two examples of this can be found in two of the U. S.'s biggest employers: motors and steel. In 1937 motormakers bought connecting rod grinders that stepped up production from 250 to 850 units an hour, a machine for bending window-finish strips by which a five-man team...
...Sandburg's method of filing and attacking his material by subject as well as by chronological batches seems to have caused a few unconscious repetitions. A few-but very few-allusions will remain unclear to readers who are not students of the period. There is at times a certain bleakness...
When all is said and done, the case of the assistant professors is primarily responsible for bringing up the tenure controversy. The whole business might never have arisen if students and faculty members had not become acutely aware that certain excellent professors giving superior courses were being forced to leave. In fact, the only reason for participation in the controversy by students--who rightly have a short-run view--was the hope that some arrangement could be made to keep the men. With the new rules of the game, the original slip can be corrected...