Word: ende
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...modern decadence, in Paderewski's eyes, was the fuss-&-feathers about Sir James Jeans's statement that there is no such thing as 'touch' in piano playing - that a pianist will get the same tone whether he hits the key with his finger or the end of an umbrella. Says umbrella-thatched Paderewski: 'Art is a question of personality...
...servant, Franklin, upon whom is laid the responsibility for the guidance of this Nation. Let Thy fatherly hand, we beseech Thee, ever be over him; let Thy Holy Spirit ever be with him; and so lead him in the knowledge and obedience of Thy word, that in the end he may obtain everlasting life...
...involved in secret commitments and breaches of neutrality. Then there are 'episodes' and excuses for taking sides further. . . . When it is too late to be neutral, Congress is asked to rubber stamp a declaration of war, and the people are lured by fancy slogans about fighting to end all war and save democracy. After the supreme sacrifice is made, democracy is destroyed and the peace settlement lays the groundwork for the next...
...Fesler's Varsity cagers reach the end of a long and weary 1939 hoop trail tonight against the Elis of Yale at Now Haven with two regulars and two substitutes making their final appearance in Crimson spangles...
...sent me"--furtive men carrying hot choruses around in black satchels--"Yeah, the straight stuff's here--Norvo, Basie, they're all beatin' it out downstairs"--black trucks being hijacked for rare records--raids on dives where Louis Armstrong is tearing "Dinah" to shreds? We'll probably all end up playing Mickey Mouse piano with Shep Fields...