Word: smoothly
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...Threepenny Opera is long--almost three hours--and demands a versatile cast of singing actors. They don't have to be polished--gravelly, ugly voices suit Weill's music better than smooth ones, anyway. But they have to capture the sordid decadence that fills both text and music--they need a sense of atmosphere. The production fails because director and performers never secure this black mood...
...create in his article (see Crimson, (Oct. 24) couldn't have failed to notice that the heavyweight eight did work last Sunday. A fast boat should not pose any conceptual difficulties for any loyal Harvard alum, fictional or otherwise. Penultimate limon or not, that mixed eight functioned as one smooth unit of eight athletes rowing their guts out together. Determination, pain, (and possibly sheer stupidity) know no sexual boundaries. Crew may also be more egalitarian than most sports in that efficiency, technical smoothness, and mental toughness can count as much as brute strength. The men in the boat trusted...
Good as Lear's book is in documenting the political maneuverings, it nevertheless suffers from certain organizational and stylistic flaws. Although his prose is generally smooth and well-crafted, he occasionally goes into inordinate scientific detail that would discourage all but the most intrepid layman from finishing his book...
...have been some achievements. Before Conrail's creation, the New Haven division of Penn Central was a shambles. Now, after large contributions for new equipment by New York State, Conrail operates the line with a good on-schedule record. Throughout the sprawling system, the roadbed, key to a smooth ride, is being rebuilt. By year's end Conrail will have installed 13.9 million crossties and laid 2,787 miles of continuous welded rails. It also will have acquired 392 new locomotives and 5,900 new freight cars, paid for entirely by private financing...
...course of their careers that they can write exceptional music. Neither one displays exceptional virtuousity with instruments--Hall plays an adequate keyboard and Oates strums a less-than-spectacular guitar. However, vocally the two complement each other nicely. Hall's wide-ranging, piercing voice contrasts well with Oates' smooth, sensual tenor...