Word: branch
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...There were good men on the bandstand: Saxman Bud Freeman; cocky, stocky Trumpeter Wild Bill Davison, who blows the horn out of the side of his mouth; zoot-suitish Clarinetist Joe (Little Sir Echo) Marsala, Drummers Dave Tough and George Wettling-all members of ragtime's Valhalla (Chicago branch) who have kept on playing jazz the old way, even after their pal Benny Goodman called it swing and made it a million dollar baby. There were no music stands or orchestrations to be seen at Eddie Condon's. "That's for organized slop," Eddie said...
...Detroit branch of Saks Fifth Avenue could not get enough $5,000 mink coats to satisfy the demand. Other big sellers around the country: "Plenty of Nothing" black lace panties for $25, alligator handbags for $150, negligees...
...inspect bomb damage, Hans, dressed up in a Hitler Jugend uniform, proudly presented the Doktor with a bunch of forget-me-nots. Big Brother Joachim joined the Hitler Jugend at ten and became a Grup-penführer before entering the Wehrmacht. Sister Ursula served in the girls' branch of the Hitler Youth, collecting tin foil, warm clothes for soldiers on the eastern front and funds for winter relief...
...proud of my husband," said Lorelle Hearst last week. "He's never really lived a rich boy's life. If he can become someone important, that's all I want out of it. ... He's really going to branch...
...same reason, few of the officer applicants have been accepted. One young lieutenant colonel was beaten out by a more experienced ex-sergeant for the top job in a branch of the Army's Criminal Investigation Division. When he was offered a secondary job, the colonel refused because he felt that his experience in giving orders qualified him for something better...