Word: meaninglessness
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...This reviewer still stubbornly insists that Tatum is not such a terrific piano man, that he doesn't have taste, fluent ideas, or touch, though he does have enormous techniques. Trumpeteer Roy Eldridge thinks he's the greatest around. Listen for yourself and see whether you think it's meaningless runs or inspired genius...
This time however, his arrangements lacked their usual sparkle. For once, you didn't have to play them over and over again to catch stray and subtle instrumental ideas. The records were pompous and grandiose, and suffered from all the bad taste of meaningless slowing of tempos, etc. that Kostalonetz usually avoids...
...speaker was Senator Robert A. Taft. It was his first major declaration on the subject of foreign policy. Apparently expressing his sincere convictions, and obviously more intelligently reasoned than the ostrich isolationism of Tom Dewey, the speech indicates that next fall's campaign may not be meaningless and evasive on the issues of foreign policy...
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...sold it near its 1937 high of 135¼, traded thousands of shares and yet lost a few hundred dollars on the stock. Reason: instead of sitting tight and letting the bull market work for him, he was in and out of Chrysler several times a day, buying on meaningless rises, selling on fractional declines...