Word: feeling
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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Those who feel that 1917 saw zenith of recorded jazz will be pleased to hear that a member of the original Dixieland Jazz Band, one Tony Spargo (ne Sparbaro) has drunk the fountain of youth and gleaned strength enough therefrom to make another record. The anachronistic session took place under the auspices of the Swan Record Company and the songs "Sister Kate" and "I'll Never Be The Same" were played. Supported by another refugee from the mothballs, Phil Napolean, a cornetist who used to tootle feebly with Miff Mole and the rest of the Memphis Five, Tony whistles, sings...
American officials shold secure from the Kremlin an explicit statement of whatever grants of territory or control Russia considers necessary to her safety and with which she will feel no need for further guarantees or concessions. They should also realize that our international manuevers are not seen by the Russians in the same light by which we view them, and that Russia is entitled to a forthright exposition of our aims and intentions...
...feel that any such rule which causes many students considerable inconvenience without any apparent compensatory benefit to the University might well be changed...
...spite of these dangers and torments, pilots love their jets. "In a moment of vertical flight, you gain two miles of altitude. Your ears are popping, and the gas belches out of your throat. At 40,000 feet you feel small and high. Mountains are wrinkles in green-and-brown cloth, and cities are patches of ragged wire screen. The upper altitudes are silent except for the slight singing hum of the whirling rotor behind...
Warning Buzz. The first sign of trouble is a tiny buzz in an aileron, which means that a small standing sound wave is forming. Most pilots ease back when they feel it. But some are tempted. Said one: "You feel a surge of excitement and mischievous satisfaction as a gentle nibbling disturbs the controls. Some unreasonable devilment urges you to start the compressibility processes which in a few seconds can wrench all control away from you and plunge the ship into wild, tremendous vibrations...