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William Christopher Handy wrote several very good songs and one unkillable one, St. Louis Blues; but essentially he was less a musician than a good businessman whose business was music. He is often called "the father of the blues." He is not; their source is profound and nameless...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Books: Obstetrician of the Blues | 7/7/1941 | See Source »

...obvious reasons this man must remain nameless-he has a job in a union shop, and reprisals are not confined to the totalitarian countries...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Letters, May 12, 1941 | 5/12/1941 | See Source »

...this eupeptic program were the mutilated soldiers taking the mountain air outside their hospital. Nor had the Propaganda Ministry expected the party to reach the strident high tension it attained. Best expression of Germany's war spirit was the favorite dance, a nameless, aimless jitterbug caper. Said one German girl: "I guess you could call it a war dance...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Foreign News: War Dance | 3/3/1941 | See Source »

...bull market grew bigger, he barricaded himself and a staff of 20-odd in a suite of offices in Manhattan's Squibb Building overlooking Central Park. The nameless door was guarded by a plug-ugly who kept its key locked in a little green cabinet. No one could leave while the market was open; only outgoing telephone calls were allowed. Inside, like a grand croupier, sat Jesse Livermore, a bank of telephones at his elbow, his sharp blue eyes on his private board...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Business: Boy Plunger | 12/9/1940 | See Source »

...then finally to the third movement, in the true sense of the word "happy," sparkling with fun and humor. Listen to any Mozart, and you will find even less clue than in the A-major to what he is specifically thinking, but you will find in it a nameless depth which cannot be put into words...

Author: By J. A. B., | Title: THE MUSIC BOX | 11/4/1940 | See Source »

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