Word: smoothness
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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Trial & Temptation. At first, remembers Strelitzer, Oliver "was irregular-beautiful and smooth one moment, harsh the next. He needed to develop his breathing, head resonance and overtones to bring out the true quality uniformly. He has worked very hard to do this and has succeeded wonderfully well...
...plate for San Francisco, Willie is as cool as his bat is hot: in his first seven games, he hit three home runs, scored nine runs, drove in nine more, and batted .467, as the Giants won six to stay in first place. To get Willie's smooth, uncoiling swing into the lineup. Manager Bill Rigney willingly put him on first base in place of another 21-year-old slugger: Orlando Cepeda, the Giants' leading hitter (.315), the National League's first baseman for both All-Star Games, and the team's most popular player with...
...joined the chute. It draped over me like a sheet, and I was afraid that when I blossomed again, I'd be tangled in the shrouds and risers. But I wasn't, thank God. At last, I realized I was getting warmer. The air was smooth. And rain was falling on me. I figured I was down to 300 or 500 feet. I told myself, 'All I have to do now is make a good landing...
...concealed in thick cumulus clouds. Settling his sandaled feet on the rudder, he flew with one hand as the other fingered a heavy gold cross hanging from his neck. After a short flight-over forbidding jungles, the pilot banked his plane, swooped down toward a clearing and made a smooth touchdown on another makeshift airfield. There to greet him were the local priest, a handful of native sisters, and hordes of near-naked natives. The pilot: lean, sandy-haired Bishop Leo Arkfeld, 47, Roman Catholic Vicar Apostolic of the Wewak Vicariate, a 20,100-sq.-mi. area (more than twice...
Richard Dozier is most appealing as the reporter-playwright Bert. In an unostentatious role, Dozier stands out for his smooth, clean-cut, and earnest performance; and he does not overdo his drunk scene as would most young student actors...