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Word: swinging (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
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...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: GUARDIAN CONFERENCE SCHEDULES BROADCAST | 11/30/1937 | See Source »

...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...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Milestones, Nov. 29, 1937 | 11/29/1937 | See Source »

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...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Weston Concert Presented | 11/27/1937 | See Source »

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...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Claude Hopkins Would Prefer to Play Classical Music; Doesn't Like Swing | 11/23/1937 | See Source »

...reluctant to give a definition of swing, but after thinking a long time, explained it as "a combination of improvisations played in concert...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Claude Hopkins Would Prefer to Play Classical Music; Doesn't Like Swing | 11/23/1937 | See Source »

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