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...deciding what he shall include in his definition of the word. For clearly there is plenty of open ground between the swing which is linked with sway by S. Kaye and that swing which, according to Duke Ellington, "It Don't Mean a Thing if It Ain't Got." There will certainly be more potential readers who have danced to the strains of Kaye and others of his ilk than have heard much of the Duke's music. Hence it might be argued that I should play down to the largest audience by confining myself to discussing the latest singing...

Author: By Harry Munroe, | Title: SWING | 5/16/1941 | See Source »

Birthday. In Alexandria, Va., Mrs. Nancy Stuart McCarter gave birth to a son (weight:, 7 lb., 7 oz.) on her twelfth birthday. Said Grandfather Oscar Stuart: "I guess she's broke all records for this part of the country, ain...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Miscellany, May 5, 1941 | 5/5/1941 | See Source »

Sullivan and sparred with him. He bellowed at the court: "I'm as good a man as I was 50 years ago. Hit me on the chest! ... I can hold two men so they can't move. I ain't started yet." Magistrate Pinto ventured to mention his record: three times in Sing Sing...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: National Affairs: Sinner Emeritus | 4/21/1941 | See Source »

Liked 'em, indeed! And me hospitalized with what the medicos allow ain't nothing whatsoever, lessen it's maybe plain jitters...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Letters, Mar. 24, 1941 | 3/24/1941 | See Source »

Else what, huh? Well, the old 12-gauge pump still shoots pretty good, and you ain't so far from here if one sets forth with dire purpose...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Letters, Mar. 24, 1941 | 3/24/1941 | See Source »

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