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Word: slezak (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1920-1929
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...wish he were holding a sack of flour instead of myself! He had muscles like ridged steel. Resting on them was about as comfortable as lying on a pile of steel bars. I used to dread that fourth act like a trip to the dentist." There was also Leo Slezak, who "is very stout; 'I always like to work with you,' he often told me, 'because you are so thin I can actually embrace you on the stage when an embrace is in order. I cannot embrace stout prime donne very well, because...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Music: Jeritza Confesses | 6/23/1924 | See Source »

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