Word: rightness
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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Most overlooked but one of the best men in the band is first saxist Milt Yaner. And if you don't think that having a first sax that knows how to lead a section is important, listen to Benny Goodman's orchestra right now. He has one of the best alto solo men around, but when the section plays together, it sounds like a battle royal. With Jimmy's bunch, however, it's just one smooth tone, and Yaner is the gentleman responsible for this very telling factor...
...mentioned Miss O'Connell, we must admit, can't be judged objectively here. But in any band's land, she is good-looking, has lots of genuine personality and charm, and sings very well. We think that she is much better than that--in fact, we'd rank her right under Mildred Bailey, but we would be accused of prejudice. Point remains that here is the band that anyone of any taste can listen to and like, and that is something that Jimmy can not only be proud of, but from which he is going to make...
...went as far back as 1333, to the reign of Casimir the Great, who devoted his entire life to domestic reforms and intellectual pursuits, to prove that the people of Poland, "like any other European nation, have established for themselves the right to freedom and independence, a right which the Poles have never relinquished and will always continue to uphold...
Last night a meeting was held by the John Reed Society, in defense of free speech; and as is the case in most Socialist or Communist societies or nations, no laws of the right of expression of personal opinion were observed...
...those of the speakers. One member of the audience who attempted to speak his mind early in the meeting was threatened with ejection by the chairman in curt and poorly considered terms. When that speaker had managed to get out his message, the chairman dismissed him contemptuously with, "All right, you've had your...