Word: sheers
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...idea that he is overextended. "I'm not vulnerable as long as I've got assets that can be used to pay those debts off," he says, "and I do happen to have assets that can be used in that regard." He contends "it's sheer speculation" that his bank stock will be worth far less than he paid for it by year's end. But if it is, he says, "I wouldn't hesitate to ask the President for some relief" -meaning a waiver of his pledge to sell the stock. Lance...
...indoor cages painted pink (the monkeys' favorite color) that are equipped with real tree branches to perch on, ultraviolet lights to ward off infection, radiators, circulating water, and hammocks for naps. Their diet is lavish. Scott calls it "saturation feeding"; Alika, though promoting it, calls it gas-pillage - "sheer waste." The animals are served such an abundance of fruits and vegetables that they eat only the choicest parts and toss away the rest - just as, the Lindberghs say, they would do in the jungle. Scott and Alika have found that many of the monkeys - normally vegetarian - turn omnivorous...
...even within his own specialty, of lyric singing, Pavarotti cannot match many of hs predecessors. For all its ease, the voice simply does not have the sheer beauty of a Gigli or a Caruso or a Tagliavini. These were "golden voices"; the sound was not light and thin, but light and full, with richness and texture to the sounds they produced; they soothed and caressed your ears. Pavarotti's voice is pretty, but not as startlingly beautiful...
...tends to mumble over Shakespeare's lines, but there's a certain gullible, soft-hearted appeal in his stage presence. Cliff Richmond plays the treacherous Proteus with appropriately self-centered determination. At times he comes on to himself a little bit too strongly, wiping out the supporting cast through sheer force of neglect. But he displays admirable versatility, tripping with facility from the Spanish pronunciation and non-verbal cries of his Puerto Rican phrases to the controlled and conversational command of Shakespearean verse...
...demonstrations of the '70s are likely to rival the occupation of the site of the proposed Seabrook, N.H. nuclear power plant last weekend for sheer media appeal. Some 800 journalists obtained press passes for the occupation, but much of the national media was not present Sunday when New Hampshire state police began arresting the 1400-plus demonstrators (including about ten Harvard-affiliated participants) on criminal trespassing charges...