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Word: purrs (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1960-1969
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...Clear Day she plays a dual role as Daisy Gamble, a low-brow chick who gains highborn chic when she is hypnotized. With a nod of her head, she goes from side-of-da-mouth to elegant eighteenth century English, from bubble-gum popping to a low purr when crystal wouldn't melt in her mouth. The new voice seems less to be coming from her than through her-a ventriloquistic trick-but it provokes a growl of lusty approval from the audience. And that in itself is justification aplenty for Alan Jay Lerner to have paid Barbara...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Theater: In Lights It Spells Harris | 12/3/1965 | See Source »

...grew up together in Detroit's squalid Brewster Housing Project. With four consecutive No. 1 records, they are the reigning female rock 'n' roll group, followed by Motown's Martha and the Vandellas. Diana Ross, 21, the Supremes' lead singer, is greatly envied for the torchy, come-hither purr in her voice. Her secret: "I sing through my nose...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Rock 'n' Roll: The Sound of the Sixties | 5/21/1965 | See Source »

sable stole. And her voice still ranges from purr to snarl in I Want to Be Evil ("I want to wake up in the morning with that dark brown taste, I want to see dissss-apation in my face"). She had to cool off one ringsider with "I only sing these songs; I don't live them...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Nightclubs: Everything Was Coming Up Arthur | 5/14/1965 | See Source »

...United States is "raccland incarnate," said Ron Bedford, one of four students who described their experiences in Cuba to an unruly crowd of about 100 in Purr Hall last night...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Students Support Castro's Regime; Accuse FBI of Harassment Tactics | 12/10/1964 | See Source »

...this has a familiar purr. The beautiful women now have names like Brooke Hayward and Senta Berger, but the whole scene recalls the young Boyer of Algiers, the fathomless possibilities of Hedy Lamarr, and the line he is legendary for whispering to her: "Come wiz me to zee casbah." Actually, there was no such line in the movie, nor in any other movie Boyer ever made. It came from an old comedy-radio show. But Boyer wears it gracefully...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Actors: The Bedroom Pirate | 9/11/1964 | See Source »

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