Word: soft
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...role with such magnetic grandeur. But Miss Starr is woefully inadequate to the demands of the part. Mrs. Callifer is a protective woman who is used to having her way and being the boss; hers is a dominant personality. In Miss Starr's hands she emerges as a soft and weak character. It's too bad that Florence Reed was not retained for the role from last week's play...
Jimmy Giuffre is a spare, soft-spoken Texan who distrusts the word jazz, but plays some of the best jazz to be heard these days-most of it of his own composition. Giuffre (pronounced joo-free) has broken the rules; he does not believe that jazz requires any particular combination of instruments, or that it needs a strong beat, or that its heart is improvisation. To addicts weaned on driving, Basie-inspired rhythm sections, Jimmy's chamois-soft contrapuntal compositions sometimes do not sound like jazz at all. But the feeling is there-a folksy, blues-drenched feeling, timeless...
...hope rather than of tangible signs of rising activity." Guaranty's reasons: "Consumer caution" and a lack of "buoyancy in business operations." The Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago also reported "less than vigorous" showings in the economy, and Boston's First National Bank noted "a number of soft spots...
...growing list of male garb appropriated by feminine fashion (oxford shirts, cut-down chinos, cuff links), something new has been added. Perched on pretty heads all along the East Coast, the man's straw is this summer's last word. Sales of the soft straws, reported conservative Brooks Brothers, have been "amazing." Said a pert teen-ager at Long Island's Southampton: "This year you're behind the times unless you're wearing a soft straw...
...left, the banks of the Charles, bathed in the soft light of a July evening, were covered with an undulating mass of human bodies, and the romantic mixture of perfume and sweat nauseated him slightly. "Obscenity everywhere," thought Vag, and he slowly turned up Plympton Street, feeling a bit out of place in such a cruel setting...