Word: itemizes
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...unassuming candidate for China's 1946 hit parade was a bouncy little item called Mei Kuei, meaning "a rose." It was recorded in a thin, reedy soprano by a Chinese cabaret songstress named Hue Lee, enjoyed a modest popularity. By last week Mei Kuei's old Chinese friends would have scarcely recognized it. The Chinese lyrics had been uprooted; the new ones told the touching story of a Tommy's farewell to his Malayan sweetheart. As Rose, Rose, I Love You, the song stood No. 2 on Britain's hit parade...
Tchaikovsky: Violin Concerto (David Oistrakh, violinist, with the Moscow Philharmonic Orchestra, A. V. Gauk conducting; 2 sides LP). Surely one of the great among modern violinists, 42-year-old Oistrakh combines in his playing the suavity of Heifetz and the depth and penetration of Szigeti. Most curious item in another album of Oistrakh favorites: Stephen Foster's Swanee River...
...would have been a collector's item for anybody's album. But this time the Senator from New Hampshire had neglected to turn on his recorder...
...British weekly Spectator took seasonal note of a social item: "The lady who is apparently still generally known as Rita Hayworth has arrived in the United States with her two children. Her husband Aly Khan has not. He explains that 'it is impossible for me to leave Europe now that the . . . racing season is starting.' Clearly and manifestly impossible. How stimulating to find someone prepared to put first things first...
These fads may extend to an item of dress or a haircomb, but they usually are limited to an action or a turn of speech. To facilitate the use of a community slang, the Student Handbook this year printed three pages of slang expressions covering more general campus needs...