Word: rawness
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...pianist, trumpeter, guitarist, bass fiddler. As the evening wears on and the smoke from the wall tables eddies through the room, the band is likely to swing with a pile-driver beat into some old favorites-Big Mamou or Shake It and Break It. The style, as raw and jolting as a shot of bootleg rye, offers the last authentic taste of the music that once helped make New Orleans the world's jazz capital...
WOOL-CARPET PRICE boost of 5% to 10% at retail level is expected to follow 2% to 4% increase at wholesale by leading makers, third price jump in six months because of high raw-wool costs...
Simone was more pious than her mother when she entered parochial school; she received Holy Communion three times a week and tried to practice self-mortification by scrubbing herself raw with pumice. But the day came when her longtime father-confessor charged her with arrogance and disobedience. Simone got flaming mad: "His priest's robe was only a disguise; it covered an old busybody who fed on gossip. With burning face I left the confessional, determined never to set foot in it again...
...terms of raw, do-it-or-else power, the impact of the Texas-Missouri compact may be close to zero. But in a skintight convention, the Truman-Rayburn party prestige and know-how just might make the difference...
...been horrendous. And more important still, this has not been a smart team. Alertness, resourcefulness, the ability to make the best of opportunities: those are important characteristics of all truly good baseball squads. And it is just here that Harvard has been conspicuously lacking--however great its raw physical talent in other areas...