Word: smoothness
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...hilarious portrait of the Puritan as a dirty old man. In Brackett Omensetter, the "wide and happy" hero of the book, he offers an archetypal antithesis: "Like the clouds, he was natural and beautiful, like a piece of weather in the room. Life eased from him like a smooth broad crayon line. He knew the secret...
...singing sometimes adds to the splendor of the music. James Paul, as the ghost Peter Quint, can evoke lurking evil, great power, and blinding charisma with his smooth tenor, and gives a truly frightening performance. The governess, Jean Marshall, has an accurate, pleasant voice that is sometimes too weak; but it is her acting, not her voice, which makes us care about her even more than we do about the beautiful, corrupted children. Their main difficulty is that their voices aren't quite strong enough; and in the chimes scene, where their hymn deteriorates into a satanic chant, the horrifying...
...brought out a corrosion-resistant sheet steel cheaper than some alloys, devised a plastic coating to protect suspension-bridge cables from the weather. U.S. Steel has just introduced a spiral nail which not only fastens lumber more securely but provides up to 29% more nails per pound than the smooth-shank variety. And Crucible Steel last week announced that it will build the world's first plant, at Midland, Pa., to make stainless steel in a continuous liquid process from chrome ore in a blast furnace to a slab-casting machine...
...racing on the Charles Saturday, Harry Parker's sophomore-primed varsity heavyweight shell proved itself worthy of its illustrious predecessors by rowing to a smooth five-and-a-half length victory over Princeton...
...first freshman heavyweights rowed an unusual but smooth race at the amazingly low cadence of 28. "I just told them to get out there and row at whatever felt good," said Coach Ted Washburn. They understroked Princeton by about six beats per minute for most of the race, winning by three and a half lengths...