Word: softer
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...Little Spring Song) is notable. Some innovations are. For the first time, Disney has done his backgrounds in oils instead of watercolors. The result is striking. The russet reds, browns, bright yellows, make autumn look like autumn. Each season has a special color impact. The colors are softer, more alive and, with the aid of the multiplane camera, give the picture solidity, the forest a three-dimensional depth...
According to the orchestra leader, the modern trend is away from "loud, brassy arrangements" and towards a softer and more musical style. The drive and power which the new ensemble produces more than compensates for the lack of brass. "Down Beat," oracle of the swing world, says "the amazing fishbowl-less Shep Fields band--debuted at the Chicago and surprised local...
...burros, send them off to one of Intercontinental's three Mexican factories. There the rubber is extracted by running the plants through grinding and pebble mills. The final product (which is shipped to the U.S. in 100-lb. boxes) looks, feels and smells like tree rubber, but is softer, less wear-resistant...
Ford, unlike most makers, made more changes inside than out. Among mechanical improvements: 1) for a softer ride, its lateral wheel base is broadened (front: 2¼ inches; rear: if inches); 2) to lessen skid danger, braking pressure is now distributed not evenly but 60% to the front wheels, 40% to the rear; 3) the exhaust system has been "streamlined." The Ford front end has been redesigned around a small, rectangular grille, and gingerbread held to a pleasing minimum...
...that, "the good Peter reeled with the blow . . . and missing his footing, by reason of his wooden leg, down he came on his seat of honor with a crash which shook the surrounding hills, and might have wrecked his frame, had he not been received into a cushion softer than velvet, which some kindly cow had benevolently prepared for his reception...