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Word: jitter (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1950-1959
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...striking perspective, but best of all is his Village nightclub with deep reds, clutter of paintings, and mammoth mobiles. His costumes for the dances staged by Donald Saddler are equally imaginative, particularly in an expressive number about the sister's hunt for job's and in the adagio jitter-bug of the nightclub scene...

Author: By R. E. Oldenburg, | Title: Wonderful Town | 1/31/1953 | See Source »

...best guys seemed to go." They returned with most of the fire and wanderlust burned out of them, and headed for comfortable berths in movie and radio studios: marriage and one-night stands do not mix. And the fans themselves are different. Unlike the openmouthed mobs who used to jitter right into the bell of Benny Goodman's clarinet, the new generation seems to "dance easier than they used to. You don't see the place hopping as it did in the old days...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Music: Band Businessman | 2/25/1952 | See Source »

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