Word: swingful
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...trade; but the swish East Side clubs are going almost as strong. Variety reports that headwaiters, disguised in overcoats, stand outside two East Side clubs, being choosy about the guests. The Village is booming also. Only the smoke-filled, low-ceiled jazz spots that sprang up while Manhattan had swing fever are (save for one or two like Kelly's Stable) on the syncopated skids. People want soft tunes they can sway to and old favorites they can hum. Most ubiquitous new song: Cole Porter's torchy-chornya You'd Be So Nice To Come Home...
Chief speaker for the evening will be Lucien Price, editor of the Boston Globe and heart and soul of the editorial page of that paper. This is in accordance with the custom in past years which has brought such famed men to the speakers' table as Raymond Gram Swing, recent recipient of an honorary degree from Harvard...
...weekly tours around Harvard, followed by receptions in the Houses has been arranged by the University, in cooperation with Phillips Brooks House, for the benefit of members of all Service Schools and their wives. After an experimental meeting with the Midshipmen last Sunday, the program will get under full swing this week with an open invitation to the Naval Training School...
...definite series of tours around Harvard to be followed by receptions in the College Houses has been inaugurated by the University for the benefit of members of all Service Schools and their wives. After an experimental beginning with the Midshipmen last Sunday, the program will get under full swing this week with an open invitation to the Naval Training School...
...long black holder. He loves his job, admits it is a cinch compared to newspaper reporting. He looks forward to the day when he will not have to move off his farm to do his broadcasts. Lacking the informed balance of an Elmer Davis or a Raymond Gram Swing, he has usually avoided international expertizing, has relied on his flair for exploiting home-front issues...