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...early hits, including One O'clock Jump and Jumpin 'at the Woodside, began as improvised "head arrangements." "We were fooling around at the Reno Club, and Basie was playing along in F," recalled one of his men. "He hollered at me that he was going to switch to D-flat and for me to 'set something.' I started playing that opening reed riff on alto. Hot Lips Page jumped in with the trumpet part without any trouble, and Dan Minor thought up the trombone part. That was it." That was One O'Clock Jump...
...Zola Budd. The 17-year-old may be the fastest female middle-distance runner in the world, but she is having a tough time proving it officially. The reason: she is a white South African as well as a hastily minted British citizen. And that quick switch strikes some as too fast altogether...
With its panelled walls and paned windows, the Lowell JCR provides a perfect intimate setting. Using suspended doorframes to delineate the rooms and having the actors themselves switch the lights add especially nice touches. Intelligent reinterpretation of a strong though difficult script, and strong to stellar performances make for an evening of excellent house theater...
...just give a dial tone. As in many hotels, guests can press different buttons on the phone for food, a bell captain, a maid, the valet service or medical aid. But they can also hit other buttons to adjust the temperature setting, change the speed of the fan and switch channels on the TV. If a guest forgets to bolt the door, a red light appears on the phone. Each unit is connected to a smoke detector, and if a fire breaks out, the phone automatically alerts the hotel's security desk. The staff can then broadcast evacuation instructions...
...commands tell the computer to determine the jet's altitude (JETY) and subtract the altitude of the enemy missile (EMISY). If the result is ten or more, the two objects have missed each other. If it is less than ten, the program puts a one in a special switch called JETCOND that sends the jet into a flaming crash...