Word: lush
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...enough to abandon temporarily the mission that had brought him cross-country to Los Angeles. He caught the next plane south. He had been to the Mexican race track many times before, usually in the same noble cause: a crack at the track's 5-10 pool, a lush bale of lettuce divided among bettors who have picked the most winners in the fifth through the tenth races.* Havemann invested $96 in an array of 48 likely combinations, and kissed his money goodbye. But it was Ernie Havemann day at Caliente. One of his combinations contained five winners...
...speed at pingpong, delicately holding teacups in his huge hands, impressing earnest undergraduates by throwing around such terms as "technocratic populist" and "social pluralism." When wit was required, he had it. Why does California have such extremes of right and left in its politics? "We have such a lush climate that both fruits and nuts flourish." What would he have done if he had been Nixon's campaign manager? "Cut my throat." Did he have any advice to the Yaleman who wants to go into politics? "Take a postgraduate course at Harvard." Did he have visions of becoming California...
...fresh out of conservatories. The youngest is 18, and the group has played together no more than 30 hours. But Stokowski has an almost uncanny way of making instrumentalists play better than their best; he is as adept as ever at juggling his seating arrangements to produce the lush orchestral effects that are now so easily recognized as the Stokowski Sound...
...Macaroni, the ponies, graze contentedly on the lush grass. Caroline's Welsh terrier, Charlie, skitters happily around the place, and in nice weather lives in a house under the magnolia tree that Andy Jackson planted near the back door. Pushinka, a pooch who came as a present from Nikita Khrushchev, has had a hard time of it: he had a nervous breakdown, was shipped off to Walter Reed Hospital for treatment, but is back now. and is apparently hale and hearty...
These criticisms, though, might be ascribed to a conservative bent in my ear, and perhaps for that reason I most enjoyed the Tower Music of Alan Hovhaness. Tranquil and lush, the music reflected a mood of quiet contemplation. Walker's musicians took full advantage of the opportunity for richness and filled the Eliot hall with perfectly blended harmonies...