Word: chins
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...CHIN MEI KAO New York City...
Father Goose. The man looks as seamy as an old sea bag. His chin sprouts a day's growth of stubble. Tattered shirttails flap outside his trousers, and he tops the ensemble with either a disreputable yachting cap or a sweat-stained fedora. Coltish Leslie Caron sums him up succinctly as "a rude, foulmouthed, drunken, filthy beast...
...through the gate. Then, out of sight a few miles up the road, Jorge Antonio stopped the car and bustied around to the trunk. And who popped out? Of course. Even with a hat tugged over his eyebrows and a vicuña scarf pulled up tightly around his chin, the sportily dressed figure who took his place in the back seat was unmistakably Juan Perón, now 69. Secrecy and surprise were his watchwords-and his only hopes of success. When the Mercedes roared into Madrid Airport, Iberian Flight 991 to Rio was warming up on the takeoff...
...syndicated in nearly 60 cities, is his ultimate personal soapbox, on which he intends to tell his version of the story-if not for once, for all. In future weeks he will discuss everything from the atom bomb to the Berlin airlift, but mainly he will simply aim his chin at the camera...
...Swingle Singers, however, sing it straight in the most elementary scat dialect-mainly "da-ba, da-ba" and "doo-boo, doo-boo," with an occasional "papa-da, chin-chin" or "waap" tossed in for special accents. While the revved-up tempo calls for a certain amount of vocal gymnastics, they stick faithfully to the score and never improvise. In fact, their allegiance is much more to Bach than it is to jazz. Their approach is restrained, respectful, and marked by finely honed precision and musicianship...