Word: label
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...like jazzmen; Ella, too, who popularized scatted lyrics and the word rebop. But Ella has always moved with equal ease through the palm-frond world of popular dance music, and Jazz Impresario Norman Granz set out to prove it by issuing a series of albums on his own Verve label featuring Ella in great pop hits. Latest addition to the series: Ella singing Irving Berlin...
...observation strikes home: "Appreciation for the idiosyncratic is part of the Harvard mystique.... it goes with saying the idiosyncratic must never get too far out of hand." This sort of semi-ironical comment replaces most value judgements in the article. Reporter Boroff does not consider it his job to label something good or bad; he is describing, not judging. Thus for the insider, his article will be amusing but not stimulating, a coverage, not a critique. Though it seems more could have been done in evaluating Harvard, Boroff's article provides a slick tapestry of our "well-mannered colossus...
...vicinity of industrial Frankfurt, the most popular indulgence was Rosemarie Nitribitt, a big-eyed and notably globoid blonde. Rosie's nest was feathered with Persian rugs, green velvet chairs, thick draperies, a multitude of mirrors, and a French double bed. Her closets were jammed with Paris-label dresses and 40 pairs of Italian shoes; and she always kept handy at least 150,000 marks (about $35,000) in cash...
...Japanese businessman was looking in the other direction: toward higher-priced, quality products fitted to compete with the world's best. They argue that Japan actually damages its potential U.S. markets with cheap, often shoddy goods copycatted from U.S. or other foreign manufacturers. To U.S. consumers, the label "Made in Japan" frequently acts as a red light that warns of inferior goods. Now Japan wants to turn the light green...
Without Relish. In Denver, police impounded Lorentz Haugseth's car when they found that its inspection sticker was the label from a can of pork and beans...