Word: nasality
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...voice is thin, nasal, with a feminine vibrato and an attack of naked innocence. The song is a noble-masochism ballad called I'll Never Stand in Your Way; the singer is Elvis Presley, right around his 19th birthday. This primitive demo tape is among the treasures in RCA's four-CD, 100-song set Elvis Presley Platinum: A Life in Music. The package, eloquently annotated by Colin Escott and with 77 newly released tracks, means to scrape away the crust of camp idolatry from Presley's image and recast him as a powerful vocalist...
...FIGHT An astounding 99% of kids who received a nasal-spray flu vaccine in a trial remained free of the illness. And no flu shots, no tears. But the earliest the spray will be generally available is the fall...
WASHINGTON, D.C.: Flu shots may become a thing of the past thanks to an experimental influenza vaccine which can be administered as a nasal spray. After giving 1,602 children two doses of either the real vaccine or a placebo last year, doctors from the National Institutes of Health and the biotechnology firm Aviron said today that only 1 percent of the 1,070 children who received the real spray caught the flu. By contrast, 18 percent of the 532 children who got the fake spray got sick. Overall, doctors involved in the 30-year study said the vaccine...
...Affannato, as Cosette and Marius, are adorable to watch and a delight to listen to. As the valiant revolutionary leader Enjolras, Brian Herriot perfectly captures the spirit and devotion that lives long after the red flag has fallen. Even the young Cosette and little street-urchin Gavroche, despite slightly nasal-sounding voices, add a charming element to the production...
...most talented thespian of the group is Playten, whose performance shines. As Judy baby in Part One, her voice really does sound like a 4 year old's. With a nasal intonation, she sings the lullaby "Beauteeful," which is full of such comic lines as "life do your duty and make me a cutie." Most impressive of all is the next number, "Wanna Be A Man," where from phrase to phrase she alternates between her nasal baby voice (Judy baby) and a deeper chest voice (Punch Jr.). Her consistent differentiation between the two throughout the song is remarkable. Not surprisingly...