Word: smoothly
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...same applies to the Canons. There-part canon at the unison or octave is difficult to write, since the harmonies during the imitations are somewhat limited to those implicit in the statements. The problem of gaining tonal variety is hardly met in Austin's canons; their only virtue is smooth voice writing...
...agreed, had Paris itself, not even in the dark days when Adolf Hitler came to town as a conqueror. While the Yugoslav dictator and his official hosts swept freely along cleared boulevards in the city, the plain citizens of Paris found their own progress blocked at every turn. Never smooth flowing, the city's traffic became a nightmare of confusion as main thoroughfares were blocked off for hours at a time...
Happily, Dave had the smooth-muscled and supple physique to handle his strenuous coaching. He was a three-letter man in high school (baseball, football and basketball); when he graduated he had no trouble getting a scholarship from Duke University. Dave so impressed Duke coaches with his speed on the baseball diamond that before his freshman spring was over, he was working out part-time with the track team...
...many another Episcopal body politic, it suffers from pains in the joints where High-Churchman meets Low-Churchman. To the Highs, who run the diocese, the representation of one vote per parish, regardless of size, and the custom of prearranged block voting in conventions seems nothing but conducive to smooth and orderly management. To the Lows it seems unfair and undemocratic...
Under the Administration-backed bill, as sent to the Senate (where it faces smooth riding), the Federal Government would spend $37.6 billion and the states would chip in $14.2 billion. On the interstate system ($27.5 billion) the U.S. would pay 90%, the states 10%. For roads within states ($22.7 billion), costs would be split dollar for dollar between the states and the U.S. The Federal Government would meet the entire $1 billion construction cost for park, forest and other public-domain roads...