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Word: shallows (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1930-1939
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...assured of admission, they are contradicting their own position since their cry has been to admit the all-around man rather than the so-called "grind." The proposal to assure admission to all Group IV men who have engaged in three or more major activities is rather shallow because it leaves the road open for the dabbler--a man who puts his fingers into everything, but does nothing well...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: MAIL | 5/17/1939 | See Source »

Phillip deN. Ruprecht, Ernest J. Sargeant, William J. Shallow, John H. Sisson, Stanley E. Slivkin, B. Sheffield West, Samuel W. White, Charles F. Whiting, Calvin Williams, and Henry C. Wynn...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: FORTY-SIX NAMED AS JUNIOR USHERS AT COMMENCEMENT | 5/11/1939 | See Source »

Although Bill Shallow is a safe bet in the hammer, Indians Jim parks and Jack Stewart are favored in the discus and javelin, with Doc Wharton a serious threat in the latter...

Author: By Spencer Klaw, | Title: Harvard, Dartmouth Clash on Track | 5/6/1939 | See Source »

...superb weight combination of Down- ing. Nat Heard, and Howie Mendel in the shot, and Bill Shallow in the hammer, already this winter demonstrated itself ad the backbone of the team...

Author: By Spencer Klaw, | Title: Track Team Tackles Purple, Huskies; Nine trims Tiger 13-2 in Fourth Win | 4/29/1939 | See Source »

...main objection to this band is that it plays a stereotyped style of music, very often not original. By clever buildup and publicity the public has been led to believe that this is the real thing in swing. Shallow stuff like this will lead the listening audience to become very tired of something they have been told was swing, and therefore to condemn it. "Swing is a verb, not a noun." You can play things in swing, but there is no such thing as a swing tune. Without good, sincere swing men in the band, unhampered by stiff, copied arrangements...

Author: By Michael Levin, | Title: Swing | 3/24/1939 | See Source »

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