Word: basic
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...shek and DeGaulle-can not be expected to stay around forever. Already the British press is rejoicing over the removal of one source of opposition to Macmillan's policies, and it is probable that a general "softening up" of diplomatic tactics will occur, whether or not the West's basic position remains inflexible...
...Voidato-Patcévitch, 58, was willing to sell his option to buy controlling interest in the company, which he got last fall from Britain's Amalgamated Press. Hard hit by recession cutbacks in ads, Condé Nast Publications lost $534,528 last year-although Vogue finished in basic black. But Newhouse was so convinced of Condé Nast's potential that he did not even bother to take a hard look at the books, talked only briefly to Patcévitch before agreeing to plunk down some $5,000,000 for 51% control...
...trio sings broadly swinging, word-for-note versions of arrangements by such famed big bands as Count Basic, Jimmy Lunceford, Duke Ellington. Jon Hendricks himself composes most of the lyrics, which are supposed to approximate-in sound and sense-the instrumental feel of the original band arrangement. Example: last week Singer Annie Ross, cast in the role of "brass," opened with the line "Dig Count Basie blow Joe's blues away," was seconded by the "reeds" (Hendricks, Arranger Dave Lambert) with the line "Blow Joe's blues away." After that the two sections sang together in a bouncing...
...century Rabbi Helbo: "Proselytes are as hard for Israel as leprosy." Reform Rabbi Nussbaum set Actress Taylor reading the Bible and A History of the Jews, by Abram Leon Sachar, president of Brandeis University. He also assigned her other books, e.g., What Is a Jew?, by Morris Kertzer, and Basic Judaism, by Milton Steinberg. And they discussed the ancient traditions and modern problems of the people of Israel...
...role of the auto. The overriding finding was that the U.S. auto was being used less and less for long trips, more and more for short, essential trips, such as going to church, to work, to stores. Romney saw its meaning immediately: an inevitable trend toward more functional, basic transportation...