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Word: amurricans (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1930-1930
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...musician of sorts himself: performs occasionally on the flute, has written a Melody in a Major which Violinist Fritz Kreisler rendered in a public concert at London last May and which thereupon became a best-seller throughout Britain. But Ambassador Dawes is always first & foremost a 100% "Amurrican." Just as Benjamin Franklin wore a coonskin cap in Paris and the late Alexander Pollock Moore gave stock-market tips and slapped backs in Madrid, so Ambassador Dawes strives to do that which is expected of him by the English. He might welcome U. S. college jazz bands to the court...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Music: Diplomatic Notes | 7/21/1930 | See Source »

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