Word: tango
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...world now knows of the electric hobby-horse in the White House. This was the first sign of the coming revolution. It has been followed by an even more portentious event. Bernard Shaw has been taking tango lessons in Madeira. During this period he claims to have written more than during any other equal period of time in his career...
...told how the General had been rowed and towed across the great lake district of the Andes, how trains had chugged him across the great Patagonian Plain, how he had visited a U. S. ranchero, had tasted his first cup of yerba mate (herb tea), had danced the Argentine tango with his host's daughter. At Bahia Blanca, Argentine, after being shown the great docks, the General was received by the civic authorities in the City Hall. Then occurred an incident which General Pershing said pleased him more than anything on his trip. A young American woman, babe...
...this class; the Sheffield Farms' team took second the Knickerbocker Ice third. Bunny won the class for horses of the New York traffic police force, defeating Morgan, the winner last year, and Captain, the horse General Pershing sat when he rode up Fifth Avenue with the First Division. Tango Dance, with Captain Padgett up, won the Bowman Challenge Cup for jumpers without tipping...
...represent this element in the program of the coming concert the following numbers have been chosen: "By a Lake in Russia," by Edward Ballantine, instructor in music in the University: "Waltz" by George Newell Sp. and "Tango", by Virgil Thomson. The last two are being presented for the first time...
...program follows: Coronation March from "The Prophet" Meyerbeer Overture, "11 Guarany" Gomez Waltz, "1001 Nights" Strauss Fantasia, "Madame Butterfly" Puccini Tempest Scene, "Othello" Verdi Prelude to "Lohengrin" Wagner Tarantelle Jacchia Rhapsody, "Espana" Chabrier "L'Arlesienne" Suite, No. 2 Bizet a. Minuet b. Farandole Tango Albeniz Hungarian Dance No. 1 in G minor Brahms