Word: use
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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Kerouac's use of pure Americana makes his language an effective vehicle at times. But it becomes merely amusing when he borrows from advertisements (A piece of apple pie is "nutritious, and ... delicious"), and elsewhere downright sickeningly romantic. ("Holy flowers floating in the dawn of Jazz America.") And when he tries to describe jazz, he reaches the heights of the ridiculous. ("ta-tup-EE-da-de-deraRup ...") It's difficult to see why, in the day of LP's, he thinks it necessary to compete with Charlie Parker on paper...
...date of this squirrel-like activity of the past decade. Snorting steam engines parade through its pages in glorious profusion under bushy black columns of smoke. The photography is top grade, as no railfan would be caught dead without a good camera (and a surprising number know how to use them). And the Dutch printing and engraving is superb...
...Use of the most modern weapons could bring about such ghastly results that both Russia and the West will try negotiation and different forms of limited warfare...
...Jane Stouffer, daughter of Professor Samuel Stouffer, has her first exhibition in this country after having shown last year in Florence. Her casein paintings and color woodcuts of Venetian, Florentine and other motifs make their debut in high company at the Gropper, exhibiting considerable control and a highly personal use of the media...
White indicated that either of these sites was convenient for the Social Relations and Psychology Departments, which will occupy the proposed building. The Littauer area is near the Computation Labs, which the Social Relations and Psychology Departments often use. The other location, added White, would be close enough to the Biological Labs to be helpful to the departments...