Word: summer
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...summer thick-thighed youngsters and greying masters of modern dance had been hard at work in their various sylvan woodsheds, chipping and chopping at works both new & old. Last week, some of the chips flew into public view...
...bucolic Jacob's Pillow at Lee, Mass., summer dance fans and Manhattan critics crowded into the big wooden barn-studio to see the first performance of aging (57) Ted Shawn's The Dreams of Jacob, with music by Darius Milhaud. Critics found his new five-movement work both a little flat and a little obvious-Jacob dancing unimaginatively with Rachel, wrestling too literally with the dark angel. The verdict: back to the woodshed...
Angular Wives. To dance enthusiasts, some of the most interesting work of the summer had been that of a newcomer to New London-a big, breezy, Texas girl who had arrived via Broadway instead of Bennington...
...this the traditional summer rise (since 1897 the market has registered an average midsummer gain of 16% over the spring lows) or the beginning of a long upward pull? One Philadelphia broker thought "Those who now remain on the sidelines might find themselves among the crowd scrambling for stocks 20 points higher." But many were still pessimistic. The mid-August short interest was 2,006,119 shares, a 17-year high...
...recession had reached bottom and that things were already on the upgrade. Most businessmen, eying the continued slump in department-store sales, took a "show me" attitude. They thought it would be well into the fall before anyone would know for sure whether the pickup was only a seasonal summer rise, or the start of a general upsurge...