Word: popular
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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Sunset on the Bachelor's Flat. In an official directive, Hungary's Communist Council of Arts sternly observed that Hungarian popular music has become "decadent," lacking in the "dynamic rhythm of the new democracy." They express a maudlin desire to return to the "good old days." As an example of the kind of song that was out of tune with Marx ism, the council cited the following ballad...
...election day approached, bright posters of the Communist-Socialist coalition and the new anti-Communist bloc, the Popular Alliance, were plastered on the ancient stone houses. Loudspeakers began to bray through the narrow streets. Shrilled one black-shawled peasant woman: "Why don't they both just jump off a cliff and give us some peace!" The People's Alliance, which had picked for its emblem the country's founder, Saint Marinus (who once bridled and saddled a big brown bear), shouted for its slogan "Vote for Long Beard (San Marino), not for Big Whiskers (Stalin...
...music and lyrics carried the main weight, however. From overture to final chorus, the songs were the strong point. All types of musical comedy song were well accounted for. "Passport and a Sigh" and "Halcyon Days" are truly fine solo numbers on the popular-song level; "Tomorrow is Manana" and "Anygnay" made exciting production numbers; and the lyrics in "The Best Things in Life Are in 'Life' " and "They Can't Get Along Without Me" made these ensembles the top numbers of the show...
Harvard's best chance for an individual champion is, of course, Houston. The popular heavyweight has gone undefeated in his first year of varsity competition and his tremendous strength and quick reflexes have been complemented by a growing knowledge of wrestling technique...
...many cases, an outstanding wrestler's size keeps him from playing football, but he still goes through all the rigors of conditioning that the football player does, and more. What the Athletic Committee must decide next month, then, is whether major H's are to be awarded only to popular heroes or to athletes. Its decision should be obvious. There is no reason why wrestling should be minimized at Harvard...