Word: nasality
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...members of the family assembled at the site for a formal, unannounced ceremony. Jacqueline Kennedy arrived clutching a bouquet of lilies of the valley. Lyndon Johnson, invited by Bobby and Jacqueline Kennedy, shared his outsized umbrella with Bobby in the chill, driving rain. Once again, Cushing's unforgettable nasal, New England accent broke the stillness at Arlington Cemetery: "Be at peace, dear Jack, with your tiny infants by your side, until we all meet again above this hill and beyond the stars...
...induce a "trip" faster than LSD. Made from the bark of the epena and ama asita trees, epena is administered through a blowpipe. The tripster puts one end of the pipe to his nostril, and a helper gives a full-lunged blast that sends the snuff deep into the nasal passages. At first reeling and retching from the impact, the snuff taker soon straightens up, begins to strut, emits an occasional laugh or yell, and slaps his thighs in selfesteem. Evidently, the Waika on epena experiences what the psychiatrists call macropsia: in his eyes everything is enormously magnified, including himself...
...hayseed either. Arnold has never gone in for the spangled Western getups, nasal mewings and twangy guitars that have made country music so tiresome. He is more the Country Como, a slightly citified slicker in sports shirt and slacks, singing to arrangements laced with violins and a gently humming chorus. As such, he has attracted a broader popular following than any other singer in the old Nashville clan. Says he: "Once we cut out all the by-cracky nonsense and give respect to our music, then people will respect...
...find yourself grabbed and slammed hard against the railing or banister of a staircase, you might well feel fairly helpless-unless you know about the NASAL-PRESSURE AND INTERIOR LEG THROW...
...came in the "La ci darem" duet with Giovanni. Bass Tom Weber, while rather dry-sounding and somewhat strained, made the most of Leporello's varied moods and tasks, though perhaps not with the same hilarity of his Don Alfonso (of last year's Cori). Less satisfactory were the nasal tenor of August Paglialunga, a peculiarly huge Don Ottavio, and the half-sung Masetto of Don Meaders...