Word: smoothly
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...have not completed what kayakers call a "smooth self-rescue." But I have survived just fine. I have even managed to hold on to my paddle. My partner, accomplished adventure racer Steve Hilts, who politely pretends that I am of some use, flips over the kayak, and I try to pull myself back over and into the boat. Yet even this seems impossible. Then I forget how I am supposed to get back inside the boat. Various people shout advice at me from other kayaks: "Settle your butt in first, then pull your legs in." The boat is full...
What happened over the next hour or so--between the time the plane last made contact with the runway and the time it first made contact with water--is, for now, a matter of conjecture. The take-off, to all appearances, was a smooth one, suggesting that Kennedy's still shaky ankle did not hamper his ability to operate the Piper's pedals. Much of the flight may have been similarly uneventful, if the sketchy radar record is any indication...
...singer, and she plays the violin, which, although it has a long history in jazz, is not considered by all fans to be a core jazz instrument. However, for Carter, her violin is her voice--soaring, sighing, demanding, convincing. Carter's previous album, Something for Grace, was a smooth-jazz, easy-listening affair. Her newest release, Rhythms of the Heart (Verve), swings harder, aims higher and cuts deeper...
...that Washington hang back a little and preserve Israel?s natural negotiating advantage, while Arafat finds himself fighting for U.S. attention now that Barak and Clinton have hit it off so well. If anyone can walk that line in the middle of a funeral, of course, it?s the smooth-talking Clinton, and the substance of those five minutes in Morocco was doubtless more than "keep in touch." Every little bit helps...
More and more musicians are losing the delicate art of infusing their music with soul. Not soul in the sense of smooth shakers like Barry White--I'm talking about the kind of soul that fights numb torpor and erases indifference. The kind that stirs powerful emotions inside of a person, the kind that can get a reaction...