Word: quietest
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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Perhaps Ronstadt's strength, because of the power her voice can deliver, lies in the driving rockers. She is sweet in her quietest moments, but even her best slow ballads, like "Desperado" and "Blue Bayou" derive their beauty from the brassy crescendoes which bolster the tunes. On Living in the U.S.A., a song like "Just One Look," one of the weaker compositions before Ronstadt's touches, comes off fairly well because it gives Ronstadt a chance to belt out the lyrics. And that energetic vocal thrust, hardly what you'd expect from a shy, playful, innocent-looking singer who stands...
...coming up with a sleeker version of the L-1011, to be delivered to British Airways next year. McDonnell Douglas, already flush with orders for its DC-10s and DC-9s, is gearing up to produce a stretched DC-9 "Super 80"; the company claims it will be the quietest and most fuel-efficient plane ever flown...
...quietest night I remember...
...Wilde, 69, recalling her 18-year romance with Novelist William Faulkner. From the day they met in 1935, when she was a script girl and he an impoverished, hard-drinking writer trying to earn some money in the movies, the pair kept their passion one of Hollywood's quietest affairs. Now Meta is telling all, both in November's Los Angeles magazine and an upcoming book titled A Loving Gentleman. "He wanted me whenever I was willing to go with him to his hotel room," she remembers. "Bill kept hinting that one day he would be free...
...known for their gentle dispositions were apparently driven to a frenzy. Matt Bowyer, one of the quietest players on the team, reacted to what he considered to be an undetected foul by pushing back. The officials saw that push, and the Crimson midfielder was ejected from the game...