Word: scat
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...Black Nobel Prize laureate Sir Arthur Lewis of Princeton delivered five major lectures on world economics and Third World perspectives. Less than 10 Black undergraduates showed up for the entire five lectures. If it had not been for the small number of white students, Staff and faculty, the 500-scat hall would have been essentially empty. One Black student suggested that other students may have been "boycotting" events supported by the Afro-American studies Department...
RONALD REAGAN has become a liability to the Tennessee Republicans who rode his coattails two years ago. Cissy Baker, the 26-year-old daughter of Senate Majority Leader Howard Baker. is seeking an east Tennessee congressional scat: she spent the first month of her campaign dodging offers of help from Washington, which of late had given Tennessee little more than its 11 percent unemployment rate. She finally appeared with the President in a national GOP commercial last week, but even then, she demurred from supporting the Administration's economic program. The TV ad was merely evidence of her ability...
DIED. Harry Mills, 68, one of the original Mills Brothers, singer of most of the scat parts and baritone solos for the barbershop-swing group, whose mellow and enduringly contemporary sound (Paper Doll, Lazy River, Glow Worm) withstood shifts in musical fashions and gave Mills a singing career that spanned 57 years; of cancer; in Los Angeles...
...What a great feeling!" the pioneer "Scat" or nonsense syllable singer, said after accepting the award Fitzgerald who spent part of her career with the Duke Ellington band said that she had once played at a Harvard prom adding "Who would have ever thought I'd be back to receive an award--it's been a long time this has made up for all the time...
...Krok's appearance, mannerisms and clever choreography to their overall effect. The harsh scrutiny of vinyl embellishes imperfections in the Kroks's non-professional voices, flaws that go unnoticed in the excitement of a live performance. For example, the group's version of "Blue Moon," an elaborately arranged scat number that never fails in concert, seems lifeless and stale without the little drama that accompanies it on stage. Likewise, "The Masochism Tango," one of their weaker numbers live, comes across childish and definitely unfunny on the record. There are exceptions, particularly Grant Bue's gutsy baritone solo on "What...