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Word: isn (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1930-1939
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...Last week at a press conference the press-baiting Secretary of the Interior blushed handsomely when asked if Washington gossip was true, that he was once more to become a father (in September).* Replied forthright Mr. Ickes: "I have hopes. It's great to be in public life, isn't it? ... What we need is a little more liberty from the press...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: THE CABINET: Gerontogenesis | 5/15/1939 | See Source »

...There isn't much to say about the six sides of blues that Mildred Bailey has made for Vocalion. It seems to me that they are some of the finest jazz ever cut--done with taste, originality and ideas. Instead of shouting them, Mildred sings them in that famous subtle style of hers, and they are definitely tops...

Author: By Michael Levin, | Title: Swing | 5/12/1939 | See Source »

Whack Huno take your partner, Well the floor your trotters shake, Isn't it the truth I tell you, Lots of fun at Finnigan's Wake...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: BOOKS: Night Thoughts | 5/8/1939 | See Source »

Gehrig went to Manager Joe McCarthy just before the game and said: "The whole team isn't going so good and I'm not going so good myself. I think that it would be better for me to get out of there for a while...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: LOU GEMRIG BENCMES SELF TO END GREAT IRON-MAN STREAK | 5/3/1939 | See Source »

...play a great deal of the ensemble work that made it famous as a dance outfit and for excellent commercial. Catch Louis Armstrong's duet with PeeWee Hunt for the difference between someone that phrases and one that just sings . . . Also heard the Victor Herbert album, and while it isn't swing, it is swell melodic stuff--recorded perfectly and done in admirable taste--and is a relief from tunes like "Three Little Fishies"--for which Harvard may or may not be responsible, but which is guaranteed to drive almost any one crazy . . . For a change, and due to Cozy...

Author: By Michael Levin, | Title: Swing | 4/28/1939 | See Source »

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