Word: pinin
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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Died. William Christopher Handy, 84, trumpeter, composer of The St. Louis Blues, music publisher, autobiographer (Father of the Blues), who became a songwriter because the "songs of the South ware pinin' to be written"; of bronchial pneumonia; in Manhattan. The son of emancipated slaves. Handy was born in an Alabama log cabin. The Memphis Blues, written in 1909 to abet the first mayoralty campaign of Memphis' Edward H. ("Boss") Crump, started his career in jazz writing. This month, St. Louis Blues, a fictionalized film biography of Handy's life, will be released by Paramount Pictures...
...Grin. Abroad, the U.S. penchant for size and splash brings on snide cracks that the American car is the symbol of American culture: a "dollar grin for all the world." But the real experts-Europe's stylists-are quick to defend the U.S. car. Italy's great Pinin Farina, who designed the beautiful Lancia Aurelia and Alfa Romeo, calls American cars the most comfortable in the world. For the U.S., with its enormous distances and comparatively cheap gasoline, the big. powerful U.S. cars are well designed. The driver who hopes to slip into 50-m.p.h. expressway traffic needs...
Last week in Milan's 13th century Church of San Marco a dedicated Milanese restorer, pretty Pinin Brambilla, 31, was finishing the task of uncovering an unsuspected fresco that tor its brilliant, fresh colors and bold, naturalistic drawing of the crucified Christ might well make even Critic Berenson eat his words...
...luxe) model alone. Simca showed off its new convertible. Other major attractions: a custom-built racing Jaguar with the famed 160-h.p. XK-120 engine; an $8,000 road-racing Porsche with a 70-h.p. engine and top speed of about 115 m.p.h.; a $10,000 Fiat designed by Pinin Farina with a top speed of around 120 m.p.h...
Nash's Le Mans. To its Nash-Healey sports-car line, Nash Motors added a coupé, the Le Mans. Designed by Pinin Farina, it is low-slung (55 in. high) and racy, has a six-cylinder 140 h.p. engine (up from last year's 125 h.p.). Price: about...