Word: souring
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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Chang led the concertino of the Corelli "Christmas Concerto" with violinist Robert Coalson and cellist Nestor Cybriwsky. The concerto is not particularly difficulty, but Chang and Coalson played with an enthusiasm and confidence reflected in their music. Unfortunately some very sour notes wafted out from the back rows of the violin section, somewhat spoiling the concerto's beautiful second movement...
...stay close to home are booming. Restaurants in Swiss cities report increases of 10% to 40% in Sunday sales. Sunday attendance at West German movie theaters is up by around 30%. Department stores are peddling record quantities of liquor-everything from local schnapps to $20 imported bottles of American sour mash-to Germans who apparently find the prospect of staying home Sunday unbearable without a stiff belt. With weekend accident rates declining, insurance companies say they are pondering pressure to lower rates. Repair shops, crammed for the past several years, have seen their business decline only marginally...
...mother, Mrs. Velvet Paw. Nor can he stand her icky kisses. After plying the little creep with Casserole of Mole Innards, mother finally slaps son into silence. He buys her yellow roses and they come to a kissless domestic stalemate that is better than their sweet-and-sour past. A very sharp and funny book...
London even shed its sodden skies, and the burnished brass and gold leaf of the cavalry and coaches sparkled in the autumn sunshine. About the only sour note was sounded over the commemorative poem written by Sir John Betjeman; it was his first official literary effort since being named Britain's poet laureat. One Labor M.P. described the lyric as "turgid, unromantic and stamped with mediocrity," and called for Betjeman's resignation. The verse...
...Harvard offense had to contend with a stingy Bruin defense and an injury-hampered lineup. "We went in hurting really bad, and it may sound like sour grapes but our team doesn't have enough materials as it is," Munro said...