Word: soundingly
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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Right from the start, the British press had known in its heart of hearts that little solidly detailed news could be expected from President Eisenhower's private, informal talks with Prime Minister Macmillan. Touring Europe to sound out old allies on the eve of this month's visit from Russia's Khrushchev, Eisenhower was hardly likely to spread out his cards to please newsmen-and let the Russians count the pips. Even so, British newsmen built up tall hopes for high headlines. And when they were disappointed, they turned with fury on the handiest fall guy: Presidential...
...that the world looks good. And her tentative joy is reflected in the intimate warmth of her songs. "I never had the remotest idea anybody would ever ask me to sing, but Columbia did," says she, "and I'm especially grateful for one thing: I don't sound like anybody else...
...spread throughout the U.S. Everywhere brighter children are reaching algebra much earlier, sometimes by the sixth grade. ¶ Foreign language study is soaring, especially in elementary schools. Last year the U.S. Office of Education urged all schools to begin ten years of language in the third grade, the most sound-sensing age level (all Russian children begin in the fifth grade). This year Washington, D.C. is starting third-grade French and Spanish. Hawaii's elementary schools will teach Chinese, Korean, Japanese, Hindi, Tagalog. More than 400 U.S. high schools will teach Russian; New York City and its suburbs alone...
...concerto-grosso form (where a group of solo instruments maintains a dialogue with an orchestral ensemble), Corelli was also the first to relax the strict contrapuntal style of his era, is shown in this recording to have mastered the full scope of string sonorities by making violins sound like a full-voiced choir...
...novel upturns sociology; young Parmelee is sound enough, but his world is maladjusted. He belongs to the moneyed society of Long Island, and the vast shingled mansions have deteriorated sadly since the great days of the 'gos. A good deal of the money is still lying around, but so, unfortunately, is the society. Of the buttoned-down youths who lead lives of quiet self-satisfaction, Reese is scornful: "As Christians they have accepted atheism. As Republicans they have accepted socialism. As snobs they have accepted everybody. Yet they still live by forms...