Word: quieter
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Grimm, one of the co-captains, is a quieter leader of the team, as well as a talented midfielder. Described by his coach as “the glue of the midfield,” the New Jersey native has proven to be a valued stalwart, starting 26 of 27 games over his last two seasons...
...sleepers' brain activity, and just when the squiggly lines on the screen showed that participants had entered deep sleep, researchers began playing a series of 25 of the sounds that the individual had heard earlier in the memory game. "[The volume] was a little over a whisper, probably much [quieter] than ... your iPod," says John Rudoy, one of the study's authors and a graduate student at Northwestern. (See the top 10 medical breakthroughs...
...purpose of this addition is ambiguous, but any intended benefit is undermined by a horribly overplayed performance from Theron. Her tearfully dramatic interpretation of domestic strife, which might work well in another context, falls flat when juxtaposed with the quieter but far more affecting despair that permeates the rest of the film. Mortensen nearly resorts to similar overacting in the flashbacks, but he redeems himself in the main narrative with a perfect balance of subdued hopelessness and occasional sparks of faith. Rarely raising his voice above a low mumble, the father is still as vibrant a character as Mortensen...
...board Air France's inaugural A380 Airbus flight from New York City to Paris agreed the takeoff was a thing of beauty. Imagine an apartment building with wings that steps into the sky with the quiet grace of a ballet dancer. The lack of engine noise - it's 50% quieter than a 747-400 on takeoff - was downright eerie. The A380 is so big it's difficult to sense its speed, and its upper deck is so far away from the engines the noise dissipates. (Read about TIME's best inventions...
While “Seven Seas of Rhye” was loud and boisterous, Driscoll’s choreography to The Cordettes’ “Mr. Sandman” was an excellent example of the beauty of slower, exacting, and quieter tap-dancing. Driscoll, Kurdyla, and Wruble performed tight tap rhythms that counterbalanced the choreography’s whimsical use of gestures such as yawning, stretching, and falling asleep. The three dancers precisely and calmly complemented the mellow song with their footwork, infusing the piece with effervescence without being overbearing...