Word: type
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Dates: during 1940-1940
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...that it is unsightly. We agree that very often jitterbugs don't look too aesthetic in their dancing. But this is usually because they aren't dancing well--because they are dancing stiffly--and therefore get out of time with dire results to their steps. Good dancing of this type, done well, is as (or more) attractive than a great deal of the ballroom dancing today. If you don't think this is true, watch some good colored dancers when they aren't showing off. To the charge that jitterbugging is "sexually stimulating to the point of degeneracy" advanced...
...Hart ("There's A Small Hotel," "I Didn't Know What Time It Was," and scads of other tunes) are in my opinion in the top three of tinsmiths writing today. "Slaughter On Tenth Avenue" from "On Your Toes" showed that their originality wasn't of the June-Moon type either. The album won't be swing, but it will be full of excellent and melodic jazz, skillfully conducted by Rodgers himself . . . Orchids to RCA Victor for one of the finest recording jobs done in some time: Red Nichols' "My Melancholy Baby...
...learn not only the standing of each man during his four years, but also his opinions on sex, dancing, and politics. Seniors are asked to answer inquiries on movie attendance, record and book collections, and a host of similar matters based on their experiences in the College. Following the type employed by the Gallup and Fortune polls, the questions present definite choices after a general statement or inquiry...
Although they agree completely and entirely on the end to be achieved--higher education for able young people from all economic classes--Jim and Aubrey differ, at least at first blush, about the type of scholarship aid which should be provided for the able but needy. Youth Administrator Williams asserts that the student who works to earn some of the costs of his education is happier, learns better work habits, and feels himself more a member of the community, than the boy who is simply given the money he needs, without any productive service being required of him. Replying that...
...extreme stand of many modern musicians and critics is, at least in some degree, an exaggerated reaction to that over-ripe body of musical criticism which one still finds in many program notes and in the popular "Artists and Artistes" type of book. Nothing is more ridiculous than the exaggerated similes of this kind of writing, and one might well expect an objection from practical concert-goers...