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Hall, whose high-register playing still shows the delicacy and fluidity that have marked him as an unmatched technician, is almost crippled by a worthless piano-bass-drum trio behind him. Almost, that is, because he handles his solos--as well as those that ought to be taken by trumpet and trombone--with loving care. "Sister Kate" and "Basin Street Blues" came from his clarinet in almost unbelievable fashion...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Wilber and Hall | 2/8/1949 | See Source »

...Above all be relaxed; a nervous hitter is a worthless...

Author: By Donald Carsweli, | Title: Egg in Your Beer | 2/7/1949 | See Source »

...hominy grits and sang the parody of Tipperary. They got Harry Truman's autograph on menus and dollar bills. There was a great deal of joking and ribbing. Eugene Donnelly, the battery wit, announced to the President: "Now Battery D is going to give you something about as worthless as a Republican County chairman." Donnelly brought forth a package and began to unwrap it. Someone yelled: "Don't break it, you clumsy bastard." Donnelly finally pulled out a gold-headed cane which he presented to the President, who said emotionally that he would use it every morning...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: THE CAPITAL: The Old Stiffs | 1/31/1949 | See Source »

Students disliked him from the start. He was a mousy but stubborn man who regarded music, athletics and other extracurricular activities as worthless educational frills. When the school board chose him as superintendent and principal of the Twinsburg township school in northeastern Ohio, some parents protested. But Glen L. Powell, 51-the town's fourth superintendent in six years-was just the sort of man old-fashioned Twinsburgers on the school board had been looking...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Education: Trouble in Twinsburg | 1/10/1949 | See Source »

...SUBTLE BLASPHEMIES IN SILVER-If you'd rather die than give something dull, the schizophrenic stuff we call jewelry will save your worthless life . . . Don't risk a crestfallen Christmas...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Religion: Christmas? What's That? | 12/27/1948 | See Source »

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