Word: soft
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...these rapturous radicals last week gentle, refined, soft-spoken Lev Davidovich Bronstein said, in the fatherly fashion of an old maestro soothing impatient pupils who want to play the violin before they know how, that he wants to go to New York...
...wrestler, wit tremendous hands, bulldog shoulders and biceps half again as big as Jack Dempsey's. His face is handsome, disposition genial. He can consume abnormal quantities of whiskey. He frequently stays up all night and recently did so five nights in a row. He is naturally soft-spoken and dislikes hearing men swear in the presence of ladies...
Work on a stone "riprap" to check crosion of the Charles River bank near the Weeks' Bridge, has been discontinued until spring. Soft ground has forced the cessation of this work, which was started in September. With the completion of the barrier, engineers hope to half erosion, whose steady gains of several feet yearly were threatening to undermine the foundations of the Business School...
...silver roses of Lippe-Biesterfeld, her train 18 feet long carried by four chil dren, and her sash of orange blossoms sent by loyal Dutchmen who grow oranges in Italy. The twelve bridesmaids were in six pairs, each pair dressed in a differing pastel color to produce a soft "rainbow effect" desired by the Crown Princess. She tripped over a cushion just as she was about to sit down in one of the two "bridal chairs" - there is no altar in a Dutch church - but Prince Bernhard kept his bride from falling, and later, when a diamond bracelet fell...
...Britain again invades our shores with what may be another Ray Noble. Here is a slow tango that needs no Latin to feel its appeal; too bad it is marred by poor lyrics. The reverse, That's Life, I Guess*3/4 by Guy Lombardo is so soft and gooey that your needle ought to stick in the grooves...