Word: skips
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov's least known operas is Tsar Saltan. A skip-along scherzo in its second act has become one of the inevitable pieces in any violinist's repertory: Flight of the Bumblebee. Last week Rimsky-Korsakov's little earsore was a strong jukebox nickel-puller, helped by a steady left-hand beat, and a new name: Bumble Boogie...
A.P.H. was never better. His satiric jingles had a near-Gilbertian nip & skip. After his first jab, a hilarious hymn to The Good Old Days ("The women wore a little more and beer was alcoholic"), he quickly took a swipe at Socialism: We love our country but we hate The swollen octopus, the State That fills our stomachs well enough But robs the soul of precious stuff...
...last Olympic Games (1936) were held in Berlin. This time the Germans will probably not even be allowed in the hop, skip & jump. Last week the International Olympic Committee chose London for the next Games (XIIth Olympiad). Date: 1948. Probable grounds: the cramped Wembley Stadium, whose seating capacity (42,000) is less than half as big as the last two Olympiad scenes. Still unsettled: 1) what to do about Russia's semi-pro athletes, whose victories are rewarded in cash by the Soviet Government; 2) whether to invite Italy (Germany and Japan are specifically outlawed until they can demonstrate...
Railroad passengers who have long endured the lurching promiscuity of the open-section sleeper, the hop-skip-&-jump down the leg-barred aisle of a club car or the dubious amenities of a coach wash room are due for something better, and very soon...
City bus lines, which had been forced to use the skip-stop system, a wartime innovation apparently designed to facilitate passing up passengers, would this week be allowed to halt under virtually every street light if the driver was in the mood...