Word: swing
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...turnout around the state, which left people who felt tepidly pro-Carter at home while people who were angry turned out to vote against him. Laments Harris: "I just wish to hell we'd used a lower turnout figure. We failed on the magnitude of the swing against Carter, but we caught its direction...
DIED. Dick Haymes, 64, buttery-voiced baritone and film star who sang with some of the finest of the swing era's Big Bands (including Tommy Dorsey's and Benny Goodman's), married often (six wives, including Rita Hayworth) and was probably known best for his renditions of songs like It Might as Well Be Spring; of lung cancer; in Los Angeles...
...Waltham native, Kelley credited summer league ball on the title-winning Hosmer Chiefs (freshman outfielder Donnie Allard also played) for his swing's improvement. Coach Alex Nahigian said Kelley's weight training on the Nautilus machine provided some needed strength development and helped Kelley "trim down." Though his waistline is under far better control than his turret of red hair, "trim" is not a word many associate with Kelley...
...What prevents the whole affair from degenerating into the ridiculous is the presence of Pat Irwin's electric guitar. Irwin seems more of a collaborator than a player throughout, and she executes her sonic attacks with ruthless efficiency. The overall conception is very alien; as the band begins to swing, Irwin launches an atonal, heavily feedbacked solo that cuts right through the soul of the song...
...think there will be a swing this winter so that Winthrop House will pull out in front," Thompson said, adding, "It looks like it's going to be Kirkland chasing Winthrop and us chasing Kirkland...