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Mildred Bailey once admitted that "I couldn't sing big if I wanted to." But if her voice was one of the smallest around, it was also the sweetest and the sighing-est; and she had a natural rhythm to her phrasing that made her (with the Rhythm Boys-Bing Crosby, Harry Barris and her brother Al Rinker) one of the idols of the early '30s. Since those days, many of Mildred's old records have become collectors' items...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Music: New Pop Records, Apr. 28, 1952 | 4/28/1952 | See Source »

...Once, after a lecture on the Corps, in which he attacked a General Robbins, Maass was approached by a tall, stiff gentleman in civilian clothes who turned out to be another general. "You said some awful hard things about Tom Robbins," the general said. "He's one of the sweetest men I know...

Author: By Samuel B. Potter, | Title: Faculty Profile | 1/17/1952 | See Source »

...Sweetest Music This Side of Heaven (Guy Lombardo and His Royal Canadians; Decca, 2 sides LP). All the Things You Are, Stardust, Where or When, etc., delivered in the popular Lombardo waver. Strictly for dancing...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Music: New Pop Records, Sep. 24, 1951 | 9/24/1951 | See Source »

...those who know anything at all about organic chemistry, the adjective probably carries some more intricate humor. Amygdalin is a glucoside obtained from almond. On hydrolysis, it yields three appropriate fragments: i) glucose which is the sweetest, life-giving, naturally occurring sugar; 2) benzaldehyde which is the starting material for many artificial perfumes, and 3) hydrocyanic acid which is a sweet, almond-smelling gas but one of the deadliest poisons known...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Letters, may 21, 1951 | 5/21/1951 | See Source »

Well, I think that that li'l old Air Force is just the sweetest li'l old Air Force I know. And I don't give a care who knows...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Letters, Feb. 19, 1951 | 2/19/1951 | See Source »

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