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Midway through the proceedings the mikes went dead, and a weird, otherworldly hum replaced human voices. A Bronx mouse at play behind the scenes had gnawed through wire insulation, shorted the sound system...
...five years Dick Smith and his wife have made their practical church hum with social and spiritual activity. Here he has held his Sunday services and conducted his Sunday-school classes; here he has directed public school religious instruction, vacation Bible schools, a 15-minute Sunday night radio program over Morgantown's station WAJR. The Smiths established a 3,500-volume library in the Shack (Mrs. Roosevelt and the late President sent some books). Scotts Run small fry and bobby-soxers use the Shack for archery, croquet, ping-pong, dances ("We've got a juke box," boasts Smith...
...charm of Army life, The touch of discipline and strife! The military magic made him hum: With the things he learned He has now returned, Still...
Last week the Senate Banking and Currency Committee listened to a steady hum of argument in its favor. C.I.O. President Philip Murray thought it an "essential first step in expanding world trade in which American labor has a vital stake." Said U.S. Chamber of Commerce President Eric Johnston: "The American system of competitive capitalism cannot exist in a contracting world. . . . [The loan] will help create jobs for 5,000,000 U.S. workers...
...such things usually do, it began on Manhattan's 52nd Street. A bandleader named John ("Dizzy") Gillespie, "looking for a way to emphasize the more beautiful notes in swing," explained: "When you hum it, you just naturally say 'bebop, be-de-bop.' " What be-bop amounts to: hot jazz overheated, with overdone lyrics full of bawdiness, references to narcotics, and doubletalk...