Word: sours
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...Chelm they called water sour cream." Singer said, "but this did not make their blintzes more tasty. In art as in sex, the act and the enjoyment go together...
...long, curiously unsatisfactory political season, full of sour smoke, the fumes of scandal, and somehow little passion. There seemed at times an almost dangerous lack of interest. With or without surprises, Election Day was bound to be more exciting than the campaign. Whatever the outcome this week, most Americans would probably be relieved that it was over, that the country could get on with its pressing business in a seriousness that somehow has been absent for much of the political year...
Kerry, who had been is the lead for most of the campaign but was hurt badly by the late withdrawal of Independent Roger Durkin, made a sour concession speech blaming "the politics of fear" for his defeat...
Langmuir might have taken a tip from Weill, whom songs generally make their points by threatening to become happy, lyrical jazz just before they turn irretrievably sour. The opera's overture--a sort of bitter chorale in which the saxophones seems to be playing Bach just a little out of tune--sets the mood, and then things really get underway with the Moritat, better known as "Mack the Knife." If you have only heard Mantovani versions, you can have no idea what bite this song has. Stephen Schmidt, the conductor, puts it across beautifully, although the band has an occasional...
...Friend, My Fair Lady, Camelot and Mary Poppins to sound as good as new. The dialogue is drab. "You know something, Julie, I've missed you," says Robert Goulet, her co-star in Camelot. It is hard to believe that this is the same sweet-and-sour Andrews of The Americanization of Emily, her best picture-when all you see is Lawrence Welk with nicer legs...