Word: although
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...Crimson eleven, encouraged by the return to form of Captain Howie Mendel, will be in excellent shape. Although beaten in Saturday's game with Princeton by a 2 to 0 score, the team was not disheartened in the least...
While occasionally on numbers like "Echoes of Harlem," the band begins to sound something like Ellington, the only outstanding thing about the band is Barnet himself. His tenor sax playing on the Lester Young (Count Basie) idea is usually good, although it occasionally sounds a little like a taxi-horn on a foggy night. His alto sax work is much better, and is probably the best imitation around of Ellingtonite Johnny Hodges. All in all, it would seem to me that the slogan. "Swing and sweat with Charlie Barnet" still holds...
Nevertheless the rejection of the Friedrich resolution was interpreted as a victory for the Administration, although Dean Ferguson reiterated the statement that "a vote of confidence in President Conant was never under discussion...
...third proposal supposedly was introduced late in the meeting, but no vote was taken. This last measure favored appointment of associate professors in special cases although no permanent vacancies would appear immediately in that department...
...Although most of these groups are united in general ideals, they split on several issues. Most notable of these is the formal complaint filed by the Harvard Anti-War Committee against the Harvard Student Union for issuing nonunion made pamphlets. "We are especially indignant because the Harvard Student Union claims to be friendly towards labor," the complaint reads...