Word: effortlessly
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...effortless, flawless soprano swooped and soared above Strauss's heavy, quirky orchestration even when she was writhing on the floor to entice the lecherous Herod. Her phrasing was impeccable, her tone as silver-pure as a Nordic winterscape. Even John the Baptist would have lost his head...
After opening its season with an effortless 100-64 waltz over Amherst, the Crimson quintet may be forced to play a little basketball at Springfield tonight...
...incredible improvising runs are effortless. She can take off from a melody, go over it, around it, through it, under it, moving at twice the speed of nine-to-five Man, tossing in casual doodies in the abstract expressionism of sound. When other singers' jugulars would be bulging, Ella isn't even panting. She seems to breathe through her ears. Her range goes from lower owl to upper sparrow. Her voice sounds all of 20 years old. Her manner, for all her speed, is soothing. Just when you think she might be turning into Bonnie Baker, however...
...fine comedienne in Stars and Stripes and Western Symphony. Her role as Queen of the Amazons in Midsummer Night's Dream was type casting; she is the tallest (5 ft. 7½ in.) girl in the troupe. Thick-legged and saucer-eyed, she is a steady, remarkably effortless performer whose spectacular leaps put some of the male dancers to shame. "Gloria is beautiful and strong like a Clydesdale horse!" says Balanchine. "Her leg extension spans light-years...
...America, made wheat a popular substitute for rice in the Japanese diet. They have increased grain sales to Italy by showing Italians how to mix American wheat into their pastas, amazed European housewives (many of whom now work and have less time to cook) with packaged mixes that produce effortless cakes, pies, mashed potatoes, cheese dips and even pizzas. One of the fastest-growing exports is the versatile soybean, which is being touted at expositions abroad in the form of cooking oil, soy sauce, soy noodles, soy flakes, soy powder and soy pancakes...