Word: development
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...studying the development of modern American classical music, the extent of the influence of the Negro folk song can easily be underestimated. The beginning of this influence was the enthusiasm of Dvorak after his visit to America in the late 1890's, and the effect that it had on the young American composers of the time. Following his lead, a small school of devotees grew up, but produced, unfortunately, no work of outstanding merit. In 1924, the French composer, Darius Milhaud, wrote: ". . . Negro music, with its deep human content which is about to create as complete a revolution...
Like most books by working newspapermen, this one is better in detail than in structure. Authors Thompson & Raymond never develop their reference to a fact which would seem highly relevant to the present hullabaloo in Brooklyn: "The reduction of Tammany to the status of a borough organization in Manhattan, the borough of diminishing population, and . . . the rise of other and stronger bosses in Brooklyn and The Bronx. . . ." Their mobsters generally remain two-dimensional. One who comes terribly to life, however, is slug-faced Arthur Flegenheimer, who as "Dutch Schultz" went from beer-running to the numbers racket...
...called "Pioneering" Nation have failed, so far, to extensively colonize and develop Alaska. Certainly the Finns are best adapted to such a work. A flourishing Alaska may some day play the same part for this continent that Finland is now playing for Scandinavia...
...built by Douglas in Santa Monica, the B19 will easily dwarf all previous U. S. planes, including the newest 41-ton trans-Pacific Clipper, will be half again as large as the outdated 12-motor, 100-passenger German DO-X. The Douglas B19, wingspread 210 ft., four-motored to develop 6,000 h. p., will have a 6,000-mile range, will sleep a ten-man crew. Although an experiment in military plane-building, the B-19 is expected greatly to influence peacetime passenger transport trends...
...organization of the Crimson Network is the result of a growing movement among college to develop high standards in broadcasting. Started first at Brown four years ago, the "wired-network" has spread to such an extent that during February an Intercollegiate Broadcasting System was founded...