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Word: basically (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1940-1940
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...training is divided into three parts: three months in a candidate's status as enlisted men, undergoing basic training; three months as Reserve Second Lieutenant on active duty undergoing a course of instruction at the marine Corps Schools; and six months of active duty with troops as a Second Lieutenant, Marine Corps Reserve...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Marine Corps Reserve and V-7 Cruises Only Ways Left Open For Obtaining Commission | 11/8/1940 | See Source »

...picture it in its most sordid details. It is a never-ending tribute, we feel, to the greatness of Mozart that he could continue composition of 'happy' music even when he himself was most 'unhappy.'" Such a statement as this is dangerous not only because it contains a basic misunderstanding of the true greatness of Mozart and Mozart's music, but because it evidences a rather ill-defined approach to art in general. Great art, need it be said, is an outpouring of the most purified emotional and intellectual experiences of the artist. Anyone who would try to justify...

Author: By J. A. B., | Title: THE MUSIC BOX | 11/4/1940 | See Source »

...Featured is Billy Butterfield, whose muted trumpet beats Muggsy at his own game. Also heard are Johnny Guarneri, playing a harpsichord (!),, and Nick Fatool, whose drumming is reminiscent of Krupa at his best. Whole record jumps like hell. Reverse in Keepin' Myself For You, and makes good dancing...Count Basic cuts two sides of fast blues entitled The World Is Mad (OKEH), and stars the tenor sax of Lester Young, who plays some almost unbelievable jazz. Jo Jones and the rhythm section are exceptionally good...Harlan Leonard and his Kansas City Rockets show a lot of clean ensemble polish...

Author: By Charles Miller, | Title: SWING | 11/2/1940 | See Source »

According to Angell, former regional administrator of the S.E.C. in New York, the basic issues in the election are three: keeping America democratic, preventing class hatred, and keeping...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: 250 WILLKIE MEN PARADE | 10/30/1940 | See Source »

Maritain is pessimistic about patching up this mischief, sees no hope except in "a new temporal order inspired by Christianity." Man's basic need, he says, is a return to the "integral humanism" of Aquinas, a new philosophy of the person. Maritain's new society would be democratic, but would frighten good bourgeois citizens...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Books: Hope Against Mischief | 10/28/1940 | See Source »

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