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Word: topping (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1930-1939
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Listen to Gene Krupa's new record of "Hodge-Podge" and you'll hear not only "relaxed" swing, but soles of a sort that are going to make Gene's band one of the top white bands before the year is over. It's easy-flowing, the rhythm "takes it time." As a result, the soles can be slow, and well phrased. It's not easy--it took Gene's bunch this long to learn...

Author: By Michael Levin, | Title: Swing | 12/15/1939 | See Source »

...produced so many Crimson National Champions in past years. There are 71 squash courts scattered over the campus which are filled almost every hour of the day by a vast army of racquet enthusiasts. And even in loan years Harvard teams have not failed to be up near the top in Intercollegiate circles...

Author: By Donald Peddle, | Title: Waht's His Number? | 12/15/1939 | See Source »

Glidden, three times National Champion, combines incredible speed of foot with a superb soft game. The Pools, Larry and Beckman, won their way to the top with two radically different types of play. Beekman has become almost a legond an the hardest hitting titlist in the history of the game, while Larry's claim to fame lies in amazing accuracy and endurance. Dixon and Rawlins are flawless stylists; the former was one of the earliest of Crimson squash luminaries produced by Harry Cowics...

Author: By Donald Peddle, | Title: Waht's His Number? | 12/15/1939 | See Source »

...probably the keenest of all. In fact, it may not be settled definitely all year. Veteran Pete Illman has a slight edge over Bill Tyng and Harry Tine, a Junior and Sophomore respectively, but he will have to be on his toes to keep it. The close scrap for top honors here will probably bring about lots of improvement in the division all year long. Competition of this sort, as is provided by many men in other classes who are not quite good enough to make the team, will be invaluable in moulding the eight first-line operatives into better...

Author: By Donald Peddle, | Title: What's His Number? | 12/14/1939 | See Source »

...their first two cents on U. S. soil to stamp a letter to NBC asking for passes. Bootleg passes retail at $25 a pair. Last week, when Toscanini took his NBC Symphony to Carnegie Hall to play Beethoven's Ninth Symphony, hundreds were turned away at a $25 top...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Music: Toscaninnies | 12/11/1939 | See Source »

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