Word: dog
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...titled them The Bessie Smith Story. Bessie's album contains some of the best jazz of her day, features such instrumentalists as Armstrong, James P. Johnson, Fletcher Henderson, Benny Goodman, Frankie Newton, Jack Teagarden. Some of the titles: St. Louis Blues, Careless Love Blues, Empty Bed Blues, Yellow Dog Blues, Send Me to the 'Lectric Chair, Gimme a Pigfoot...
...Pentagon in an uproar. There was an old and cherished custom that an admiral or general could retire to pasture after completing his tour as a top dog of his service, even though he was under the age for compulsory retirement...
...much international squabbling as its financing. It will presumably rest with a cumbersome combination of high commission, general assembly and council of ministers. If, as its backers hope, the European army is to be a strong first move towards unifying Europe politically, the tail will have to wag the dog mightily...
...dog, owned by Mrs. Martha Hoar '52, refuses to remain home in the morning when his mistress leaves for classes. Mrs. Hoar was finally forced to seek permission from the professors to let the pooch attend classes on condition of his good behavior...
...addition to taxing imported beer, the bill-would raise income taxes by 1 1/2 or 2 1/2 percent, double the present three percent levy on capital gains, and increase taxes on horse and dog racing...