Word: predictional
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...Frankie Newton. Consider that in ascending order. All three bands play entirely different music: swing, Chicago jazz, and just plain jazz; but Newton's superiority is undeniable. Tonight he reopens at the Savoy with only Vic Dickenson, trombone, left over from the previous engagement. It is unnecessary to predict whether the present band is better or worse, as the presence of Frankie and Vic will assure you of good jazz. They have their off-nights, it's true, but if you've heard Frankie at his best, you won't quibble about them...
...color raisings and color lowerings held daily by the Navy men. It was not beneficial either for the lawn or for military order that the Guard of Honor should have to stand on the grass. As for the color, the walk will be black in no time, Yard Cops predict...
Inability to predict such behavior, plane builders have claimed, has long made them wary of stainless steel, which for aviation purposes must often be used in sheets as thin as .004 in. So they have stuck to aluminum, whose behavior under flight conditions is tried & tested...
...months, Franklin Roosevelt and his onetime best friend had a heart-to-heart talk last week. James Aloysius Farley dropped in for lunch. But it was hardly a sentimental reunion. Cooking at the White House were some very practical New York State politics. Observers were ready to predict, when Farley came out, that the next Governor of New York was all but elected. The choice: John James Bennett Jr., the State's Attorney General, an unknown to the U.S. at large...
...chief threats to the Crimson should come either from Cornell or Syracuse, both of whom come to the Charles with high-calibre press notices and nothing concrete on which to predict their performances. Syracuse had a top-notch Freshman boat last year, and most of this is now on the Orange Varsity. In addition to this, the high stroke at which Syracuse is accustomed to row is much better suited for the Henley than the longer mile and three-quarters...