Word: swingful
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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From Toastmaster Joe Davies: "We are doing honor to a man who will be one of the great presidents. . . . [Harry Truman] took every ball that was pitched with a clear eye, a sound head and a straightforward swing...
...such things usually do, it began on Manhattan's 52nd Street. A bandleader named John ("Dizzy") Gillespie, "looking for a way to emphasize the more beautiful notes in swing," explained: "When you hum it, you just naturally say 'bebop, be-de-bop.' " What be-bop amounts to: hot jazz overheated, with overdone lyrics full of bawdiness, references to narcotics, and doubletalk...
...returns for crucial Buenos Aires province (88 of the 376 electoral votes) were postponed till six small precincts, whose votes had been thrown out for possible fraud, could reballot next Sunday. Though Perón led, the tardy 88 votes could conceivably swing the balance back to Democratic Opponent Tamborini...
...city and province of Buenos Aires, which controlled almost half of the nation's 376 electoral votes, would swing the election. Perón would show his chief strength among country peons and unorganized workers of the cities. Tamborini depended on the upper and middle classes and an unknown sector of organized labor. A potent, unmeasured factor: the Church, which took a jaundiced view of Tamborini's Communist support...
Asch calls his albums "basic music" to distinguish them from popular swing or the Gene Autry-Bob Wills (TIME, Feb. 11) kind of folk music. Said he: "Ours get down to the musical roots. Very often a basic song like Buffalo Gals ["Can't you come out tonight?"] becomes a hit, but I'm not interested in individual hits. To me a catalogue of folk expression is the most important thing...