Word: smoothness
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...actor as beautiful as Leslie Cheung? Did anyone bring to the gift of glamour the seductive insolence Leslie exuded? His first appearance in a film?his face soft and smooth, with lips that expertly puckered or pouted?had the impact of a struck match. The screen flared to life; suddenly there was heat, and the incense of sulfur. To see him as the hurtful teddy boy in Days of Being Wild, the proud warrior in The Bride with White Hair and the dominant demon romancer in Phantom Lover is to realize there's nothing more exhilarating than a trip...
...dropped out of the bomb bay with a jolt. With all four rockets firing, the plane started shaking violently. The Mach needle edged up past 0.965, and then it went off the scale. Yeager was thunderstruck. He was flying supersonic, and "it was as smooth as a baby's bottom: Grandma could be sitting up there sipping lemonade," he said later. He half didn't believe it--until the tracking crew ran up and reported hearing the world's first sonic boom, a sound that marked the end of the Wright Brothers' era and the beginning...
...locating the plain variety; it's usually flavored with vanilla, maple syrup or fruit. It is lower in fat than cow's-milk or sheep's-milk yogurt--and it tastes like it. Redwood Hill Farm's vanilla-flavored yogurt was the best of the lot: it had a smooth, light texture but was excessively sweet...
...MILK We discovered the old standbys are still best. The low-fat (2%) version of cow's-milk Total was creamy and cheesy, with a strong, Brie-like taste--in general, yummy. We found Dannon's low-fat yogurt pretty good--smooth with a mild, inoffensive taste. But if you don't care about calories or fat, our overall favorite was Brown Cow's Cream Top whole-milk yogurt. It was thick and creamy, with a full, tangy--but not too sharp--flavor. As one tester put it: "perfect...
...giant called Bertelsmann. Today that firm owns book publisher Random House, the BMG music group and a majority stake in the European TV network RTL, among other properties. Mohn, 81, stepped back from active management a decade ago, but the company's transition to outside executives has not been smooth...