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...progressive jazz, they also left behind the sweet, lucid sound of the clarinet. Once known as an ill woodwind that nobody blows good, this relatively new instrument suddenly struck the U.S. mass ear in the 1920s in the hands of Ted Lewis, who made it wail, and reached peak popularity in the pre-World War II days of Benny Goodman and Artie Shaw, who made it swing. It is still a must in every Dixieland and New Orleans jazz group, but is rare as a hot lick in modern combos. What happened...
...these factors are important, and they all underscore the basic point that Cambridge professional drama has under-gone a fundamental reorientation from previous years. In 1951, at the peak of the Brattle's success, one New York producer said, "There are two kinds of people in the theater today: those who like Mike Todd and those who like the Brattle." At long last, however, the plans for the Festival seem to indicate that the men formerly associated with the Brattle have discovered that maybe they can at least learn something from such men as Todd...
TIME, June 11, reaches the peak of its flavor in its cover story on American intellectuals. I can appreciate the soul-searching as well as the researching that must have accompanied your effort...
...fastest-rising stocks on the American Exchange has been Bellanca Corp., onetime planemaker. From a low of 4⅜ in 1954 it soared to a peak of 30½ before it eased off to 20 a few weeks ago. Much of the rise came after Sydney Albert, 49, of Akron, a promoter and juggler of corporations, got control of Bellanca 16 months ago. By outright purchase or trades for Bellanca stock, he gathered in dozens of small companies, paid out enough stock dividends to keep Bellanca stock going up and its holders happy. Few seemed worried that Bellanca lost...
...billion in 1956's second quarter and would reach a rate of $36.7 billion in the third quarter, both far above the first-quarter rate of $32.8 billion annually. Employment was still rising, hit a seasonal record of 65 million in May, while personal income soared to a peak of $317 billion, up $2 billion from March. Unemployment was steady at 2.6 million, unchanged from April. Department-store sales for May were 6% higher than last year, while overall sales for 1956 to date are 3% ahead...