Word: smoothed
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...shot and the basket, that palm was there. Russell's teammates took it easy, too, passed and wove in careful patterns until Russell was in place in the slot, then attacked. When they missed, the Russell palm was there to tap the shot in. It was all so smooth and so exasperating to the Hawkeyes that they finally broke down into just the kind of basketball they had disdained all season: wild, promiscuous shots in an effort to score. Behind at the half, they never caught up. Final score: San Francisco 83, Iowa...
Heartbreak Hotel (Elvis Presley; Victor). A new singer with a new twist: a double voice that alternates between a high, unpleasant quaver, reminiscent of Johnnie Ray at his fiercest, and a rich basso that might be smooth if it were not for its spasmodic delivery. Heartbreak Hotel, yelps the high voice, is where he's going to get away from it all. Answers the basso: he'll be sorry...
Tender Trap (Pablo Beltran orchestra; Victor). A high-swinging version of a low-swinging tune, recorded, of all places, in Mexico. The band sounds something like the old Lunceford band, with its happy-go-lucky saxes, its smooth trombones and its nice beat, but adds its own modern flavor...
...Smooth Curves. Pony-tailed Carol stood aside, in the loquaciously doting care of her mother, while Tenley glided into the "school figures," the required set of tight patterns that each contestant had to trace and retrace with geometric certainty. Around the smooth curves of a figure eight pretty Pre-Med Student Albright floated through her intricate gyrations. She was careful to lean so that she rode on only one edge of her hollow-ground blades, careful to switch from edge to edge without "flatting," i.e., scraping the ice with both edges at once, careful always to give the appearance...
Another standout for the Crimson was Dazzler F. Davis III, whose dazzling play won him a smooth victory in the No. 2 spot. The doubles team of Lucky Ludington and Davis combined for a display at brilliant court play as these two game naturals won their matches in straight sets...