Word: band
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...first time in his 37 years, turned up with his buxom lady, several aides and a trunkful of uniforms. His old enemy Sumner Welles, now Under Secretary of State, was the first to pump his hand at Union Station. To make the welcome royal, the U. S. Army band struck up the Cuban national anthem, and with a blare of trumpets gave the beaming Colonel a full general's salute...
...Great Waltz (Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer). In Alexander's Ragtime Band, Hollywood brilliantly reflected the changing moods of a U. S. generation through the songs of its outstanding composer. What that picture did for Irving Berlin, The Great Waltz does, in an utterly different but equally effective way, for Viennese Johann Strauss...
While a doughty little band of Princeton scientists set out to investigate the reported catastrophe, in Harlem the godly gathered in prayer. Eight hundred and seventy-five panic-stricken people phoned the New York Times alone...
...When the band led off with "Eliot" in its spelling of the Houses, everyone thought of politics, and this influenced the reaction. A few die-hards even expected Saltonstall after "Leverett...
Harlow was inclined to credit Friday's rally as being instrumental in the new victory-consciousness . . . The Bengal band used a number of "fakers" who pretended they were playing to swell the musical ranks . . . Coach Wieman's huddle looked very informal with its "heads-up" style; it gave the center time to come up and growl at the Harvard line before being joined by his mates . . . Little Nick Mellen was outweighed 60 lbs. by opposing guard Herring, but the latter spent all afternoon picking himself off the ground . . . Austie Harding's choice of plays was uncanny during the second half...