Word: basic
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...feel particularly fitted to discuss swing music, because I can't carry a tune either." . . . Recommended to those swing fans who specialize in trying to find unrecognized good jazz is Al Cooper's Savoy Sultans on Decca's race record series. The band cut Chick Webb and gave Basic a good scare . . The second of the Goodman bands to leave the mother organization (Harry James' being the first) is Teddy Wilson's bunch, scheduled to start in late March . . . The height of something is that Doctor Randall, formerly professor of medicine at Columbia University, is joining Red Norvo's band...
When he was six, towheaded Philo Taylor Farnsworth became so delighted with a toy dynamo that he solemnly declared he hoped he had been born an inventor. By 1921, when he was 15, Philo had conceived a basic principle of television-electronic scansion of an image...
...Teachers' Oath is in theory a harmless law which requires teachers to swear allegiance to the Federal and State Constitutions. Since Section 2a of this law stipulates that "nothing herein contained shall be construed to interfere in any way with the basic principles of the Constitution which assures every citizen freedom of thought and speech," the oath does not appear to deviate too far from the precepts of democracy. But, unfortunately, this law has quite a different de facto meaning when it is enforced in a community where there is strong local feeling against alien social systems like Communism...
...Princetonian correspondent twisted the basic conception of a marriage course when he suggested merely a study of hygiene. To be complete, this side of marriage must be considered; but the psychological and social aspects are also important. Historians have pointed out that family life is the foundation of society; recognition of this fact is found at Harvard in Soc. 13. To complement this course, there is need for another which will consider the family from a more individual standpoint...
Miss McAfee held that the totalitarian states differ from this country on two basic principles: one, that truth is stronger than error; the other, that we can legitimately and reasonably respect our fellow...