Word: behind
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...closely fought match, the highly touted Marine riflemen came from behind to edge the Varsity 916-896 last night. In order to win, however the Marines were forced to shoot their best score of the year...
What the good relaxed band does it just the opposite of the stiff band. They depend on the ear of the listener to hold the idea of a steady beat and then they begin go play behind it. This is the famous "colored lag," that which takes years to develop, and which most white bands never...
This playing "behind" and "ahead" of the beat is the difference between "all the colored boys" having rhythm and "all of the white boys" not having it. It's not a question of having it: it's a question of knowing what to do with it, once you've set it up. And the colored boys just seem to "take it easy" naturally...
...think "lag" style can be found by pounding ahead in four-four drive. Just the opposite results. And if your are going to be successful, you must have a band that plays in the "same hag"; in other words, plays as a unit the same amount behind the beat. That's why all new bands, bands of all-stars, bands mixing two beat and four beat men are bad. You can't have a mixture of ideas about the "proper lag" and get the swing. For unity, a really good swing band must make a football team look like...
Myers was kept out of Varsity basketball until last year with a leg injury, but then as a Junior he set the League on fire. he played 416 out of a possible 480 minutes and rang up 119 points to rank fourth in this department behind Dartmouth's Broberg, Penn's Mischo, and Cornell's Foertsch. He was voted a position on the coaches' All-League quintet...