Word: basses
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...infinitely more expressive. At one point it sounds like a harpsichord; at another, like a carillon, or like a piano. In melodic passages Diaz's shifts were so smooth and his vibrato so intense that the tone was violin-like. During a Villa-Lobos dance his forceful, resonant bass had a brass quality. Such versatility would in itself distinguish his playing; the remarkable thing is that Mr. Diaz is able to shift moods instantaneously, and sustain two different timbres simultaneously...
...husband's old Senate seat, now being filled by New Hampshire's former Republican Attorney General Maurice ("Mo") Murphy Jr., 34. Appointed by Governor Wesley Powell, Murphy will almost certainly contest Mrs. Bridges in the September Republican primary. Another announced candidate is middle-roading Representative Perkins Bass, a quiet fellow who has been nicknamed "Little Mouth" to distinguish him from Tennessee's noisy Democratic Representative Ross ("Big Mouth") Bass...
...seller: Vivaldi's Four Seasons. In its pursuit of perfection, the group takes four full days to record a 4O-min. LP. The result is a luxurious, butter-smooth string tone, an artful blending of the orchestra's twelve instruments (six violins, two cellos, two violas, harpsichord, bass), a dynamic control that is the envy of other instrumentalists. Also to be envied: the fact that I Musici gets along harmoniously without a conductor...
Republican ex-Governor Robert Bass spotted Bridges as a likely young man, appointed him as his secretary, urged him to run for Governor in 1934. Bridges ran, and despite a national Democratic sweep that year, he won-becoming, at 36, the youngest Governor in New Hampshire's history. Bridges instituted unemployment compensation and insurance, old age benefits, even while balancing the budget. By 1936, Governor Bridges was a leading candidate for the vice-presidential nomination. But Alf Landon won the top spot on the ticket, and even before the Republican Convention, gleeful Democrats had come up with a deadly...
...like designing an airplane by copying a bird's feathers. His machine does not depend on sound frequencies; it recognizes words by listening for their "asymmetry," an esoteric quality of speech that human ears cannot distinguish but that Shoebox finds as clear as the beat of a bass drum...