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Around the time of his 25th birthday, Hines was asked to lead a full-size dance band at the Grand Terrace, a new ballroom being launched in Chicago, and there he would remain in residence (except for the occasional tour) until the end of the big-band era in 1945.
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For those living under city-block-size boulders, a band of distraught, mostly small-market owners wishes the system prohibited Mr. Buss from embarrassing them so.
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Some say, it was the side-by-side placement on the printing press, some say the pockets in the wallets were the limiting factor, there is some limited indication that the card size was to match the pocket tobacco box to which these cards were held with a rubber band.
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So I went into this Delancy Street store, and, using the band's limited funds, bought the biggest boombox on display: a Conion, that took 16 size D batteries.
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