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Word: jazzing (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1980-1989
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They perform on street corners in Amsterdam, subways in the south of France, Puerto Rican nightclubs, restaurants in Bermuda, and Harvard's Sanders Theater. With solo-quality voices, they sing swing tunes, jazz, blues Motown, spirituals...

Author: By Laura S. Kohl, | Title: Trying to Make it Into a Harvard A Capella Group | 2/8/1986 | See Source »

...reached the point where "consumers often cannot tell what is being sold and what is just being talked about." Even Lotus, which earned a reputation for finishing best-selling programs like 1-2-3 and Symphony right on schedule, had its comeuppance this spring, when a Lotus program called Jazz boogied to market nearly two months late. Says Chairman Mitch Kapor: "It was like losing our virginity." One software publisher, Ansa, has adopted the policy of IBM, which usually declines to discuss products before they have been shipped to dealers. But other firms still deal in vapor. At a recent...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Computers: Hardware, Software, Vaporware | 2/3/1986 | See Source »

...STYLES on Philistine vary from Sixties bubblegum pop and the Mysterians' "Can't Get Enough Of You Baby" to the funkless salsa of "Take" to the pretentious folk of the Roche's "Hammond Song" to the lounge jazz of "Sorry." The Colourfield almost manages to pull off the song--even a hint of self-mockery would have made it palatable. The Roche's cover, though, is disasterous. First of all, "Hammond Song" was the always the Roche's greatest hit and it is permanently associated with them. And secondly, few people if any liked the Roches or thought they were...

Author: By Jeff Chase, | Title: Snap, Crackle...Rock | 1/17/1986 | See Source »

Originally a jazz nightclub, Cookin' now also offers rock and folk music. Last November Cookin' hosted its first ever reggae act. The comedy group "On Thin Ice" has been one of the most popular acts, Rabow says...

Author: By Meilin Kwan-gett, | Title: Bagels Bring Bucks to House Grills | 1/13/1986 | See Source »

Harvard students will share their ethnic backgrounds through Spanish, Greek and Korean folk dancing, Irish singing and Black jazz...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Multicultural Festival Planned for February | 12/19/1985 | See Source »

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