Word: counterpointing
(lookup in dictionary)
(lookup stats)
Dates: all
Sort By: most recent first
(reverse)
...Counterpoint. Walter S. Tower, slight, sandy-haired president of the American Iron & Steel Institute, was left officially speechless by FTC's assault, declined all comment. His spokesman, however, predicted that most steel customers would rally to the industry's defense because the multiple basing point system, they say, saves them money...
Whether Evans himself comes off so well beside his refurbished cast is a debatable point. In the incomparable conversational scenes he carries the counterpoint off very well, the satiric and comic lines coming through especially effectively. In the soliloquies, however, the incredible monotony of Evans' style, his constant reliance on purely vocal effects rather than any real acting techniqque, and the annoyingly false diction which leads him to pronounce words like "force" as "fawwwce" all begin to annoy...
...conjunction conceived a few magnificent moments: when the chorus snatches the question, "Lord, is it I?" from Matthew's lips, carries it off in a gust of singing; when, describing the events at the sepulcher, the speakers achieve an awesome counterpoint with their deepening, astounded repetitions. The passage...
Strumpet Call. As producer as well as librettist of the famous operas, Gilbert was the driving power behind the scenes. Through him, the light-opera chorus ceased to be a mere massed accompaniment to the soloists, became vociferous participants in the speedy, highly involved counterpoint of Gilbertian song. Through him, too, many a D'Oyly Carte Company member rose from the ranks to stardom. It was rarely a smooth rise: Gilbert's temper was as full of spikes as a bag of nails, his rehearsals long and terrifying. Once, when a player warmly urged his untalented mistress...
...last hour the show gets hot with blues, boogie, chamber-music jazz, and jazz antiques. And at 9 p.m., when the last "fetching etching" has been sent, Robbins dreamily concludes: "This is your professor of thermodynamics taking a tacit for 24. We're clearing the joint of counterpoint, but we'll be back next black at 18:30. So have the body by the voice box, will ya? Keep ya chin up, good will toward men, and here's cookin...