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...nobility at the same time ... I inspected the gardens with another 'chawmer' & ended up by jollying the hostess herself all by her lonesome for ten minutes while a uniformed Lord stood by & never got in anything except an occasional 'aw' or an 'I sy...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: HISTORICAL NOTES: Dearest Mama | 10/13/1947 | See Source »

...Corps' commander, rugged sy-year-old Major General Keller Emrick Rockey. veteran of World War I, Haiti, and Nicaragua, had bossed the 5th Division at Iwo Jima. His China mission, as he saw it: clean out the Japs, secure the ports for the arrival of U.S. ships with Chinese...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Army & Navy - MARINES: The Housekeepers | 11/19/1945 | See Source »

Said Major Sy Bartlett: "How can I miss? My hands are frozen to the release...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: World Battlefronts: BATTLE OF EUROPE: But Not the Last | 4/5/1943 | See Source »

...more commercial vein, there are a few items also: Woody Herman and Bing Crosby collaborate nicely, while Tommy Dorsey performs some easy-riding Sy Oliver arrangements...

Author: By Harry Munrce, | Title: SWING | 10/18/1941 | See Source »

...Sextet is equally good....Tommy Dorsey, having won the Downbeat Sweet poll, is beginning to play more good swing than he ever has before. "Easy Does It" is a worthy successor to the platter of "Stomp It Off" that Tommy did several months ago. An original by former Luncefordite Sy Oliver, it swings easily and tastefully....Jimmy Dorsey has always been a favorite of mine both because of the fact that personally he and the people working for him are a swell gang, and because they play fine dance music and better swing...

Author: By Michael Levin, (SPECIAL DISPATCH TO THE CRIMSON.) | Title: SWING | 1/12/1940 | See Source »

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