Word: swing
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...Beethoven's hackneyed, if beautiful, Egmont overture, Schumann's Symphony in D minor, than which there are probably few examples of poorer scoring, a viola concerto by our Bowen, and excerpts from Berlioz' symphony, "Romeo and Juliet," for which Mr. Monteux retains a peculiar fondness,--these make up the swing toward the right. To compensate, we expect the following week will bring at least Milhaud, Stravinsky, Hindemith, and Goosens...
...drinking rather than drunkenness became the social offense. The result was a rapid swing back from the attitude that a man might drink, but owed respect for his follows in the matter of conduct to the boyish point of view that intoxication was a joke, not on one's self, but on the law. The sense of personal responsibility was miraculously shifted from the individual to the law, and the result has been occasional debauches in the universities...
...Morley b. Chorus from "The Gondoliers" Sullivan 3. Harvard Banjo Club a. Medley arranged by Rice b. Up the Street Morse 4. Yale Glee Club a. College Medley b. The Land of the Sky Blue Water Cadman c. Autumn Sea Gericke Intermission Part Two 5. Harvard Mandolin Club a. Swing Song Barns b. Marcheta Schertsinger 6. Harvard Glee Club a. Full Fathom Five Ireland b. Football Songs 7. Yale Banjo Club a. Stars and Stripes Forever Sousa 8. Yale Glee Club a. The Piper of Dundee Von Othegraven b. The Indifferent Mariner Bullard Baritone Solo, Mr. Kullman c. The Testament...
...fair name of his team. Whether or not the umpire was crosseyed, he called the first two pitches strikes. The crowd howled for umpire blood, but the batter only entrenched himself more deeply and juggled his bat into a better position. Then came the next ball: a mighty swing, and Casey...
...ground. The enlisted men, when dragged a few feet from the ground, let go-as they are carefully trained to do. In his excitement, Private Aage Rasmussen, of the 62nd Aero Squadron, failed to let go; he was dragged aloft by the rope he was holding. He managed to swing this round his legs, and hung on. But not until it had reached a height of 400 feet could the crew of the TC2 cause the ship to descend by desperate pumping out of gas. And after tense minutes of alternate hope and fear the spectators saw the soldier...