Word: basin
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...Soul. Only three great players have managed to avoid classification-Thelonious Monk because he is inimitable and Monkishly alone, Duke Ellington because he is a kind of president emeritus, and Count Basie because he so perfectly swings. Last week, in a wild and woolly engagement at Manhattan's Basin Street East, the Count's pigeonhole at last be came apparent: he's in the New Year...
Long Eclipse. The Count is more loved than admired by his immense audience, and at Basin Street East, his fans were strictly of the ilk that whistle, stamp their feet and shout, "Yeah, Count!" Basie was at his amiable best, beaming proudly at his players from the piano, even playing fun-and-games accompaniments to Singer Keely Smith...
Plumbing fixtures, like everything else, are increasingly decked in "decorator colors"-the most popular, predictable pink. Second most popular is light brown. Floors may be vinyl or ceramic tile, walls may be the latest Italian mosaic, but the commonest materials for wash basin, toilet and tub are old-fashioned vitreous china and enameled metals. The w.c. of tradition is one of the last holdouts against the Plastic...
...Harvard Yacht Club will soon have a permanent sailing pavilion on the Charles River Basin, Commodone David W. Stookey '64 said yesterday...
Over the years, the tar property became an oil property, and the original 100 acres grew to cover 416,140 acres of the La Brea basin. By World War I, the area was a major oil producer. A British company, the London & Pacific Petroleum Co., was now the owner, pumping millions of dollars worth of oil, but only paying taxes on 100 acres of land...