Word: softly
(lookup in dictionary)
(lookup stats)
Dates: all
Sort By: most recent first
(reverse)
Katie Couric's problem is not her gender; it's that her recent professional experience was light banter and soft stories [May 5]. In its efforts to "tart up" the news, CBS put her in the position of playing to her weaknesses rather than her strengths. The change in her style and appearance made her unfamiliar to fans who might have followed her from the Today show. Stanley Kalemaris, MELVILLE...
...blog Stuff White People Like tells us that Caucasians (ahem) like the depiction of inner-city Baltimore on “The Wire” because of its authenticity. And that reasoning also explains why white people have always had a soft spot for hip-hop/jazz/funk collective the Roots and why they’ll probably like their latest, “Rising Down.” The group’s music is “authentic;” it depicts the grim realities of inner-city life. Or so white people will tell you. But then...
...study used data collected from a T. Rex femur bone found in 2003 that “was really special because it preserved soft tissue,” said John M. Asara, one of the authors and the director of the mass spectrometry core at the Harvard-affiliated Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center...
...change the name of the magazine to Obama Weekly. The timing and tone of your cover story on Obama's mother made your issue [Apr. 21] look more like a campaign p.r. piece than legitimate news story. Something tells me I shouldn't hold my breath waiting for soft-focus, warm-and-fuzzy cover stories about the mothers of Hillary Clinton and John McCain. Katherine Whan, Decatur...
...change the name of the magazine to Obama Weekly. The timing and tone of your cover story on Obama's mother made your April 21 issue look more like a campaign p.r. piece than legitimate news story. Something tells me I shouldn't hold my breath waiting for soft-focus, warm-and-fuzzy cover stories about the mothers of Hillary Clinton and John McCain. Katherine Whan, DECATUR...