Word: jazzing
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...Strength Is a Tower," by Robert Bly, and "Jazz Man," by James McGovern, are perhaps less distinguished examples of fiction writing than the lead story, but both are competent, meaty jobs. Bly's work, dealing with a man who can't stand his wife, gives a faintly amusing twist to a serious theme. The imagery is precise, bold, and unpretentious, as "Making himself speak to her was like biting into something spoiled and sour." "Jazz Man" is old stuff (a washed-up musician tries to bide the fact from himself), but that doesn't matter, for the telling is fresh...
Forty nine of the fifty questioned this week listed gifts that any woman can buy almost anywhere. Argyle seeks, preferably hand-made and in colors not too blinding, got a sweeping majority of votes. Albums of classical or jazz records finished second. Books were third, equipment useful in pursuit of sport or hobby--tees for the golfer, flash bulbs for the photographer same next, and a dozen voters were ready to settle for a picture of the girl. The fiftieth man held for the woman herself...
...gang stopped repairing war-wrecked roads and started to build a new one, the Road of the Sea, running from Cros-de-Cagnes to Antibes. The Riviera was very gay again. Giuseppe settled his shack near the swank restaurant Rallye; at night he could hear the sounds of the jazz band...
...maudles the part of the mother who plans a concert pianist's career for her son, Tony. Miraculous point of the picture is the maintenance of Miss Hunt's girlish appearance throughout Tony's growth to manhood. Only when dewy-eyed Miss Hunt hears Tony break from Bach into jazz does a great gob of cornstarch fall on her hair and remain from that day forward...
...take at the Regal, Jackie had to pay for the rest of his company, including a twelve-piece jazz band, a puppet act, and a comic who ate cigarettes. But he still had a lot left for himself...