Word: hybrids
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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Shep Fields fills the position this year that Gene Krupa occupied at last year's spread, and it is reported that Field's new style is an experiment in bridging the gap betweens the extremes of sweet and swing. It is, however, definitely not a hybrid, but boasts a manner and instrumentation different from any other current orchestra...
...From an unpainted shack near Tampa came J. Andrew Tatro, displaying a "biscuit" of "rubber" produced (said he) in jig-time from a mysterious hybrid of two latex-bearing plants, suitable for Florida cultivation. Only J. Andrew and his son Andrew Orvill know the secret...
...Orphan Annie : indifference from well-fixed people ; danger from villains; and a steady series of hair breadth escapes from sudden death. CAP had been born out of wedlock: argument and tears had wangled it out of the Office of Civilian Defense with grudging Army consent. CAP was a hybrid : semimilitary, semi-civil...
...That Aztec craftsmen, who decorated every available square inch of their Spanish Gothic and baroque churches, created a native hybrid style known as Mexican churrigueresque, which in turn influenced the baroque and rococo architecture of Spain...
Though you would never guess it from its expression, a mule, whether pack, draft or riding animal, costs more than a horse. A riding horse for the Army costs around $162, a pack or riding mule around $184. From its hybrid ancestry, the mule inherits some sturdily pig-tailed virtues. It is as tough, wise and sure-footed as the ass, as strong and willing as the horse. Under fire, when horses go mad with fear, mules wait philosophically until led to safety...