Word: smoothly
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...beneficial and as creditable as the Smoker is to Harvard, the consequences of ignoring a University rule would be far more dangerous. Anarchy would take the place of a smooth running bureaucracy. If there is no Smoker this year or in the future, the disappointed class of 1957 can proudly take the initial credit for preserving Harvard's integrity...
Each morning, in his Los Angeles penthouse, a dapper real-estate man named Alexander Wolanow carefully runs an electric razor over his chin, cheeks and jowls. Then, with smooth, swift motions, he keeps right on mowing back over his entire skull. The reason, says "Sacha" Wolanow, is that "I like to be different...
...primary concern is with the exhibition collections, and here his value has been the greatest. Every glass flower must be mounted for display, and Bierweiler has perfected the technique. Each is set on a plaster of Paris plaque, poured amazingly smooth on a sheet of glass. The flower, of course, is extremely fragile and must be buttressed in several places. Bierweiler makes plaster supports which fit under stems, leaves, or petals wherever necessary without obstructing anything. Then, with a dentist's drill, he makes a fine hole in the plaster through which he runs a thin silver wire...
...there is always an inner logic to this movement (and to the next one) that is almost relentless in its forward motion. Thompson, however, does not seem to sustain these feelings. The last two movements, if heard out of context, would be quite enjoyable; there is a nice, smooth melodic line in the third movement and some sprightly tunes in the finale, but these seem divorced from what had gone before. The frequent repetitions contrast unfavorably with the economy and sparseness of the opening movements, and the final triumphant measures sound tacked on. Of course it is unfair and impossible...
Montoya (Cook). Eight flaming flamenco guitar solos by the gypsy master, Carlos Montoya. Each number, whether in reflective waltz tempo or a syncopated Bulerias, thrums the gamut from smooth seductiveness to bursts of passion. Carlos Montoya's finest recording...