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Word: smoothed (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1950-1959
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After a somewhat colorless cantata by Buxtchude, the audience found itself four centuries after Machaut and finally on more familiar ground with Bach's cantata No. 32, Liebster Jesu, mein Verlangen. The performance, featuring two excellent soloists, Jean Lunn, soprano, and Vincent Allison, baritone, was smooth and often moving. Violinist Helena Pappenheimer and oboeist Robert Freeman also deserve special commendation for their rendition of the instrumental obbligatos...

Author: By Alexander Gelley, | Title: The Music Club | 5/20/1952 | See Source »

...Tatum, 42, the old master of the swing era, and a pair of smooth-sounding sidemen riffed through Sweet Sue and Sweet Lorraine. His right hand rippled all over the keyboard, but the overall effect was one of sophistication rather than pandemonium...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Music: Jazz Package | 5/19/1952 | See Source »

...apparent from the beginning that the Yardlings din't have the material to compete against the smooth playing, tricky shooting Bulldogs. The Blue midfield was the outstanding factor in the topheavy score with the first three midfielders accounting for 13 of the Yale tallies...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: '55 Ten Swamped 21-4 by Superior New Haven Team | 5/15/1952 | See Source »

...were getting a candidate for President. Instead all you got was a candidate for governor of Illinois. I hope you don't feel . . . deceived and defrauded." Almost 600 delighted Democrats, who had paid $10 apiece to attend the dinner, cheered him lustily and decided he was a pretty smooth article...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: DEMOCRATS: No, No, No | 5/12/1952 | See Source »

...wheels grind erratically. One it turns out smooth, polished, sterling and lustrous. Another rough, crude, callow, and crass. It requires knowledge as for a skilled trade, the application needed for a profession, the devotion for a cause. It demands all of your intellectual, physical, and emotional reserves, but its victories are sweet. Sweetly, Roger Allan Moore National College Director Young Republican National Federation...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: POLITICS AND POT-HOLES | 5/8/1952 | See Source »

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