Word: swingeing
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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Mulligan's quartet took turns with George Shearing and Co. in a concert of new jazz, sponsored by Story ville's George Wein. And once more, Mulligan demonstrated that he has one of the most original minds in American popular music. Shearing, however, was disappointing. With a heavy swing beat pitched quite obviously at the crowd, he is no longer the exciting musician of a few years...
...world politics. Admitted the leftist New Statesman & Nation: "By this impulsive gesture, Mr. Bevan has postponed-possibly forever-his own chances of succeeding to the Socialist leadership." "It is the future existence of the party itself which is at stake," said the Times in alarm. If Bevan could swing the party to support "a British neutralism" between the U.S. and Russia, "the leadership would be his reward,'' noted the Manchester Guardian, "but there is nothing more improbable in politics than that Mr. Bevan will succeed." Bitterest of all was the Laborite tabloid Daily Mirror (circ...
When Wellsmen get an inquiry from a church, they swing into action like a task force. From the nearest of 28 Wells offices, a Wells representative telephones a group of church leaders an invitation to lunch. The lunch is "complimentary," and the informal job of persuasion that the Wellsman does over coffee is known as the "Complimentary Conference." Its object is to explain the "Wells Way" and to convince the churchmen that Wells does not go in for high-pressure methods, just efficiency...
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Gettin' In The Swing Of It Blues...