Word: flatting
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...hour or so every week. By the sixth chorus of the initial piece, "Darktown Strutters Ball," it had become apparent to the bystanders that here was an occurrence above and beyond the usual order of things. From thence and in the following order "Sweet Sue," "Blues in B Flat," "Tea for two," "Ja Da," and "The Sheik" were attacked. One of the reed men, a startling cross between Johnny Dodds and Joe Marsala blasted out a machine gun-like obligatto in answer to the adept growlings of the slip horn, while the cornetist, feeling no doubt that he was being...
...earlier negotiations, figured publicly in the final talks. The solution was advanced by Frederick Kilbourn, Government-appointed controller of the struck steel plants. In Montreal he conferred unexpectedly with C.I.O. strike leader Charles Millard. Then Millard hurried back to his colleagues in Toronto to report the new offer: a flat 13? raise (10? retroactive to April 1, the remaining 3? to be effective when the strike ended). Other union demands would be referred to a mediator for a decision, subject to National War Labor board approval...
...slug it out Rocky's way. Midway in the first round he lashed a right uppercut and a left hook to the challenger's jaw. Rocky went down for a count of four. In the next round he gave Zale the pounding of his life. Standing flat-footed at close range, he swung right after right, often starting with his fist at knee level and finishing with it flush against the champion's jaw. Finally, at the end of the round, Tony proved that he was human by going down. The bell saved...
...Symphony (Sun. 5 p.m., NBC). Mozart's Symphony No. 39 in E Flat Major; Villa-Lobos' Bachiana Brasileira, No. 1; Respighi's Fountains of Rome; Wilfred Pelletier, conducting...
...campaign made little impression on G.I.s. Prophylaxis (preventive measures) was a flat failure; though the Army issued 600 million prophylactics, disease rates were high...