Word: blendings
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...Nick is the smallest starter on the squad, but makes up for his lack of giant height with good speed and quick moves. "Lacrosse is great for a guy like me," he said, "because it's a blend of physical size and skill." "You just can't be a great all-around athlete to play lacrosse, and very often the lack of size is an advantage," he said. "That's why we do so well with so many guys under six feet," he added...
Regan's blend of Irish charm and office skill made him a natural for special assignments. In 1962, after the company discovered that some of its salesmen were misrepresenting a small cigarette-filter company in order to sell its stock, Regan was dispatched to an SEC public hearing in Washington to explain. Said he simply: "Let's face it. This is one in which we goofed." He went on to explain that Merrill Lynch had already fined the salesmen involved and repaid $116,000 in losses suffered by customers. In recent years, Regan has also been...
Herba's central purpose is best defined by shots where the boy alters the light conditions of a room by playing meditatively with the settings on a three-way bulb. Herba makes difficult things look easy; Stranger, for its effortless appearance, is remarkably stylized, proving an entirely successful blend of hand-held and static movement, zoom and fixed-focal-length photography, day-and-night and interior-and-exterior footage--a true synthesis which creates a film reality...
Otis Redding was one of the better exponents of that exhilarating American blend of the blues, gospel and pop:soul music. In France he became recognized as a historic figure in rhythm and blues, and in Britain he was voted the top male singer of 1967. But at the time of his death at 26 in a plane crash last December, he had still to catch on big in his own country...
...played them with an ease and elegance rare among American chamber- music makers. Where most native groups feature a sharp-edged attack that glitters most brightly m contemporary music, the Beaux-Arts glides throughout the reper tory with a silken, unruffled sheen and a cozy, old-world tonal blend...