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...Hep," according to hipsters, is a term used only by those who are not fly (those who aren...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Letters, Jun. 14, 1948 | 6/14/1948 | See Source »

...Rebop," according to beboppers, is a term used only by squares (those who aren't hep...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Letters, Jun. 14, 1948 | 6/14/1948 | See Source »

...swimming pool. He has what one Hollywood agent calls "A fabulous ego. Every once in a while, someone ought to tell him that he is not, after all, Sibelius." Jimmy never worries that his inspiration will run dry: "When I was an office boy in Boston, I was a hep kid with a beat. I'm still a hep kid with a beat...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Music: How to Stay Contemporary | 5/31/1948 | See Source »

...Rebop," according to beboppers, is a term used only by squares (those who aren't hep...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Music: How Deaf Can You Get? | 5/17/1948 | See Source »

...went in for monocles, valets and lavish entertainment (Tod once threw a $25,000 party for Actress Lillian Russell), Arcaro believes in the durable dollar. His chief extravagance is clothes; he owns 40 suits, mostly conservative greys and blues. He drives a 1947 Cadillac, reads FORTUNE to keep hep on industry, and invests in such blue-chip stocks as A.T. & T. He likes Scotch, but mostly on Saturday nights. He knows what happened to some of his predecessors...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Cover: Man on a Horse | 5/17/1948 | See Source »

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