Word: pleasant
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...Hello," Louise said in her best telephone voice--a soothing voice that sounded like your mother's when she answers the phone in the middle of a big fight you are having with her--very pleasant, very annoying...
They live quietly in the exclusive suburbs of River Forest and the Hamptons. There may be a ranch house in Palm Springs or a Miami condominium as well. They can afford the best of everything, but they have almost nowhere to go, few pleasant ways to pass the time. Their husbands are often away on business, or in jail, or calling on their mistresses. The wives are isolated not only by bodyguards but also by ignorance of the details of their husbands' business activities. The men's workday deeds are not discussed at dinner...
...worst thing I had to face was the day my husband went to prison," says the wife, a pleasant, stylish blonde. "For him, the worst day came when his kids were kicked out of a private Grosse Pointe club...
Pavarotti's voice is the "bel canto" voice par excellence: light, thin, with a pleasant floating quality: truly lyric. In contrast to tenors like Jon Vickers or James McCraken, who sing as if they had swallowed cooking knives, Pavarotti's sings effortlessly. Nothing is worse than a singer who strains. But unfortunately, Mr. Pavarotti, like too many other lyric tenors, suffers from the identity crisis of a vocal lightweight. Not satisfied with the lyric repertoire, he wants to conquer the dramatic roles; Manrico, Radames, Canio. He could make no greater mistake. Nothing destroys a lyric tenor more quickly or completely...
...Crimson had beaten every contender for the NCAA berth in the course of the season, including the Friars, with the exception of Holy Cross. Pleasant Valley is the Crusaders' home course...