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There is a considerable difference, however, between the coleopteran flight of these four English boys and the phenomenon of Elvis Presley or Frank Sinatra in his swooner phase. Presley made his pelvis central to his act, and the screams of his admirers were straight from the raunch. Sinatra's Adam's appie bobbed in Morse code, and no lass misread the message...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Singers: The Unbarbershopped Quartet | 2/21/1964 | See Source »

Admissions policies have radically changed the nature of the band as well as its size, and although the hard-drinking, party-loving 'raunch' group hates to admit it, director Walker, with his heavy emphasis on music, even to the occasional exclusion of fun, is only leading the band in directions it would follow sooner or later anyway. In Walker's estimation, there are three types of personalities in the band today: the raunch man, the man out for a good time but also anxious to work musically, and the pure musician. Because of the character of band activities, the latter...

Author: By Joseph M. Russin, | Title: Era of Change For Harvard's Band | 12/8/1961 | See Source »

...band as a whole, tend to be suspicious, fearing that Walker might eventually divert all the energy of the band away from football. Not so, says Walker, who feels that the more serious musicians are leaving the football band anyway and that their presence only inhibits the raunch group...

Author: By Joseph M. Russin, | Title: Era of Change For Harvard's Band | 12/8/1961 | See Source »

...sign that read "Here Comes Pewee." On the back was another reading "There Goes Pewee." When Shackle was perplexed that such a sweet girl should consort with such an offensive man of the world, his friend philosophized: "It's that auto at does it. They'll raunch anything to git to ride round in a auto." When Shackle took her away from Pewee, his troubles began. She teased him about his awkwardness when he kissed her, but when he asked her darkly how she knew so much, the blonde replied: "It just runs in our family...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Books: Bell's Shackle | 12/9/1935 | See Source »

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