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Word: sourly (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1950-1959
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...cast, decked in outlandish costumes mocking the artistic craze of the period, is usually equal to the quick-witted and congenial pace set by the authors. Though no strong voices emerged, the singing bubbles smoothly over Gilbert's patter, and the evening's few sour measures are easily obscured by the humor of the lyric or the cleverness of the stage business...

Author: By Dennis E. Brown, | Title: Patience | 5/6/1954 | See Source »

...minutes show that there was only one cheese which the members thought 'stank.' Norwegian goat cheese had a taste that was rich, sweet, flat, condensed milk, and oily. It had the appearance of peanut butter and with its sour-like aroma, it was unanimously despised by the entire group...

Author: By Bruce B. Paul, | Title: Adams House Goes From Wine to Cheese In Effort to Uphold Gourmet Reputation | 4/15/1954 | See Source »

...explanation, her daughter said that she was practicing for her part as a "goldfish" in the music festival. Goldfish, it developed, are the nonmusical children who stand with their classroom choirs and silently mouth words while the really talented singers do the competing, unhampered by croaks, voice breaks, sour notes or unpremeditated riffs...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Hemisphere: Goldfish Bowl | 4/12/1954 | See Source »

Last week, reviewing the year, battle-worn old (73) Bishop Otto Dibelius told his 120-man Evangelical Church Synod, which represents East and West German Protestantism, that the sweetness had turned sour and the light was all but gone. Pressure on Christian students has begun again, surveillance of pastors and their services has been increased, and church collections have been prohibited...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Religion: Back to Darkness | 3/29/1954 | See Source »

...oddly enough, the rioters prove to be idealists who have gained little for their troubles. Riot in Cell Block 11 concludes on a note of sour realism in harmony with its previous tone. Though the film's propaganda remains both pure and laudable, for entertainment value this is hardly an unmixed blessing...

Author: By Dennis E. Brown, | Title: Riot in Cell-Block Eleven | 3/4/1954 | See Source »

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