Word: swing
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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Hubble will know how to find the tiny bit of sky he wants to photograph. He will telephone instructions to an assistant down at the control desk; the massive telescope will swing almost silently. When Hubble is satisfied that it is pointed right, he will put a plate in the holder, watch through a microscope, and make careful minor adjustments while the scattered photons of nebula light (some of which have been traveling for a billion years) make their marks on the photosensitive emulsion...
...radio show in Dallas. At 14, she had a band of her own called the "Rhythmaticians." At 15, she was singing with Swing Fiddler Joe Venuti's band, wandering across the U.S. on deadly one-night stands. Then Jazzman Charlie Barnet put her up against his nine brasses. "I pay for 'em," Charlie used to roar, "and I want to hear 'em." After two years of shouting, Kay Starr's voice broke down...
Winter intramural athletics will be back in full swing next week with all Houses resuming play in basketball, hockey, and squash leagues Director Dolph Samborski announced yesterday. In addition, four more sports will see intramural action before the winter season closes...
...elective system in full swing at Harvard. There was still an inflexible program for Freshmen, a program consisting of the old standbys: Greek, Latin, geometry, and German, but the upperclassmen could choose most of their courses from any one of a large number...
...Canadian Mounted Policemen arrested Szulc, Kuper and five other Polish Jews who had been routed to Canada by George from a D.P. camp in Germany. Charged with illegally entering Canada, all seven were jailed. The arrests brought the first news of a passport racket that has been in full swing for nearly a year, has kept Scotland Yard in a dither for weeks...