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In music, a pulsation giving the tempo, for example a conductor's beat, or a unit of tempo, as in four beats to the bar. ‘Beat music’ is a general term for popular music having a strong and unvarying beat.



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Looking to return the local poetry scene to its beatnik past, Melba Gilkey, created ``Mental Mondays'' at the House of Brews coffee house and deli in San Fernando.
Daniel Pinkwater captures the essence of life in the 1950s for a beatnik teenager fed up with conformity.
In October 1958, Taylor's wife, Yvonne, formed Taylor-Roffman Productions and immediately signed on as a co-producer for The Bloody Brood, a beatnik crime flick.
 
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