Word: ardently
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...jazzmen can keep up with their own standards. Even the great Goodman, one of the most ardent perfectionists in the business, has turned out a pitifully large number of stinkers. It's easy to say, on the other hand, that all of Muggsy Spanier's records are good when they total only a dozen. It's also easy to say that even in Louis Armstrong's worst numbers, the mere presence of a few golden notes from his horn redeems them...
...bone-thin, ardent, intellectual Hindu statesman who bears the formidable name of Chakravarti Rajagopalachariar (pronounced Chakravarti Rajagopalachariar) had ideas last week for an Indian settlement. C. R. wanted to be asked to London. Said he: "I feel the British people have been misled in connection with the Indian problem, and I believe I can make them see the truth...
...London to help speed Lend-Lease. After a brief spell in England he returned to Washington. Although he dropped off the Government payroll, he stayed in the background, occasionally helping to draft a bill, to give advice. He turned down several jobs offered by Franklin Roosevelt. Still an ardent New Dealer, it was winning the war that seemed important now. He was waiting for the spot in which he could be most effective. Right-hand man to Economic Czar Byrnes was just...
...washes her own tights, spends her time on the sidelines cheering on the other members of the troupe. To Ballet Boss Hurok, who has managed everything from a peddler's pushcart to Isadora Duncan, Angel Chase is the answer to an impresario's dream-art's ardent athlete, a check's most beautiful signature. Says Sol of their joint enterprise: "The Ballet Theatre combines financial respectability with artistical principle...
Lasting from 8 until 12 o'clock, the Freshman Wellesley get-together was attended by 150 ardent males and a handful of beauties picked for the occasion. Low-light of the evening was the time some ambitious person attacked the main switchboard and put all lights out of commission, necessitating a visit from the resident electrician before the scheduled events of the evening could continue...