Word: soft
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...Engineers finally broke the ice on their second man-up. A soft shot from the left point deflected to a patient Murley. The freshman tucked it just inside the right post...
main mural (nine linoleum-smooth color slabstiled three-by-three), when viewed from thedifferent floors, actually appeared to not onlyshine with a soft radiance, but with a certainmagic? Was this a subtlety he had expected? Kellyreplied only with a quizzical look and promptlybegan telling the story of how he, a man of morecolors than words, convinced the judges (who wereactually real U.S. Justices) to choose hisinstallment over the other final entries. As theystood in front of the nine color panels, Kelly wasasked if there was any meaning to his choice ofcolors. In an unexpected incident of repartee,Kelly replied...
...skiers, a heavy snowfall is a happy occasion, a piece of good meteorological fortune falling from the sky in soft crystals. Certainly, resort operators across the Alps must have felt lucky when as much as 20 ft. of snow piled up during the past six weeks in winter playgrounds like Chamonix, Klosters and Kitzbuhel. And European travel agents were busily feeding thousands of tourists into the mountains...
...hunter had been based on "durable media," Soffer explains, meaning items like the sharpened stones that can serve as spearheads, rather than softer, biodegradable goods like baskets, fabrics and nets. But in archaeologically well-preserved prehistoric sites, such as those found underwater or in dry caves, the soft goods predominate over the durable by a ratio of about 20 to 1. If the hard stuff was the work of men, then "we've been missing the children, the women, the old people," she asserts. Thanks to Soffer's sharp eye, Paleolithic net hunting is no longer invisible...
Amidst all the hubbub and shaved body parts, Roulleau quietly steals the show as helpless romantic Eiffel. With his searching blue eyes and soft-on-the-ears pseudo-accent, Roulleau simmers and bubbles into, well, a frothy soufflé. To continue the gastronomic slant this paragraph has taken, the entree of the day is Freida O'Pressed (Krishnan Unnikrishnan '02), a yummy morsel of spicy, tart and savory sweetness...