Word: swinging
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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Following a preliminary meeting for undergraduates at 4:30 o'clock on Thursday, the conference will swing into action with a session on the domestic side of the problem under discussion at 2:00 o'clock on Friday. Scheduled to present papers are David Sarnoff, President of the Radio Corporation of America, Congressman Hamilton Fish, Jr., of New York, and George Sylvester Viereck, author...
...later in Peck's Bad Boy, Oliver Twist, Little Robinson Crusoe) ; to Betty Grable, 20, famed rather for her long-standing (three year) engagement to Coogan than for her cinema roles (Old Man Rhythm, Follow the Fleet); during a recess in the production of College Swing (in which Miss Grable is the lead and Coogan acts a bit part); in Los Angeles...
First in a series of fall concerts was presented by the Instrumental Clubs in Weston last night. The vocal club, Madolin Club, swing quartet, Gold Coast, Orchestra, and specialty actors combined in a varied program...
Only after completing a scholarly dissertation on classical music did Claude consent to jazz. "I prefer a smooth, neatly arranged style," he said. Hot tunes are good to break the monotony, and they make a sweet tune sound bettre but a steady diet of swing is boring...
...reluctant to give a definition of swing, but after thinking a long time, explained it as "a combination of improvisations played in concert...