Word: marshmallow
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...famous silken tone ... his justly remunerated mastery of the musical marshmallow, were like so many cushions of damask and down to the musical ear.... It was admirable and fine and swell and O.K. and occasionally very, very beautiful. The guy can fiddle. . . . Four-starred superluxury hotels are a legitimate commerce. The fact remains, however, that there is about their machine-tooled finish and empty elegance something more than just a trifle vulgar...
...greatest peacetime maneuvers and went to town to act like brutal soldiery on their night off. In northern New York, where 82,000 are in camp, saloons were not well attended. Most soldiers headed for soda fountains, fought their way through such concoctions as "General Drum Specials" (marshmallow sundaes) and "First Army Maneuvers Splits." This behavior was too much for an old Army sergeant, who groused to the New York Times: "Yes, and they all carry miniature cameras...
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...Manhattan's Aquarium, a little blackfoot penguin sprained its ankle when it stepped on a marshmallow someone had dropped onto the penguins' pool platform...
...Jews drove Schnabel from Berlin but when he was invited to visit the U. S. again he was as uncompromising as before about his programs. He would come but he would play only Beethoven. He would not play encores for the sake of sending any audience away with a marshmallow taste in its mouth. On no account did he want a long tour which might let him get stale. He preferred to play with orchestras, although orchestra fees are always lower than those for individual recitals...