Word: tempo
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...ship was gently pitching when we made the landfall on Japan. We hooked on our flak suits, adjusted our helmets and got into position for the bomb-run. Pilot Root increased the tempo of his gum-chewing. The copilot settled himself solidly in his seat, the engineer edged forward, his eyes glued to the instruments. The navigator, Lieut. James Stanley, checked and rechecked our position...
...hard to decide whether "That's A-Plenty" is better than "Ugly Child" or senseless since both rank way up near the top. Brunis plays that trombone through chorus after chorus of the fastest New Orleans march tempo imaginable without a noticeable flaw. Wettling furnishes some especially tasteful background drumming on the wood blocks, and Davison is again at his peak...
Undoubtedly the weakest of these four sides is "Panama." There is a marked drag in the tempo as the piece progresses, the bass solo is poor, and the piano should never have happened...
...busses, a ceaseless need for speed. But people told each other the hubbub was just a part of war. Then last week, the Assembly voted 2-to-1 to lift the ban on private cars, unanimously to permit taxicabs and motorcycles. Barring a legislative afterthought. Bermuda's restful tempo was gone for good...
...Express-Train Tempo." Berlin's report to Sweden said: "The development of the Baltic and White Russian fronts is assuming express-train tempo. If the Russians cannot be halted along the Pskov-Polotsk line, sensational events can be expected in the Baltics in the nearest future...