Word: nice
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...frustration in which Finland blamed Sweden for not permitting Allied aid , Sweden accused Britain and France of wanting to make Scandinavia a battleground, the French blamed the British for not pressing aid to Finland, the British blamed the Swedes, the small nations of Europe accused the Allies of too nice an observance of neutral rights, Dorothy Thompson blamed the U. S. Senate, the Senators blamed Europe, and wrangling, dissension, bickering and looking for reasons for failure marked the reactions to a peace that few called good. No one could say with certainty that some super-Munich was in the making...
...thing unusual about the band is the way they picked up a rhythm style right away that very few white bands can ever do, and that Gene Krupa's gang has taken over two years to learn: namely, a nice easy bounce on the Jimmy Lunceford style. Good swing (and for that matter, good dance music) should never be strained and pushed in the "killer" style. Relaxed rhythm is imperative to any kind of good jazz--and Donahue has it. Junie Mays (piano--also some excellent arrangements), Bill Hoffman (bass) and Charlie Carroll on drums do a sweet job besides...
...been frightened? Blimey, no! Why be frightened on a nice, easy trip, with a bar for the crew, and cards, and the best British tobacco? But the men were glad to be in New York, all the same-glad to be out of danger, glad to be heroes, glad, above all, to be where beer flowed free and there was no such thing as blackout. "Know what I'm going to do next?" exulted Quartermaster Cronin. "I'm going up to Times Square and just walk around and let the lights shine on me." Before the evening...
...your story Florida, TIME, Feb. 19, you paid nice tribute to Carl Fisher's imagination and to his love of the music of the sand sucker...
Otto Adolph Wittwer is not content with the way things are going. He has money, inherited from his Swiss immigrant parents. At 45, he has a nice little business of his own in Seattle, selling hair rinses and shampoo (which sweetly scent his two-story building). He is married to a beauteous exactress wife. Nevertheless, Mr. Wittwer is not content with the way things are going...