Word: tartness
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...special vocabulary of serious tasters, wines can be "acid" (tart, sour, with the bite of natural fruit acids), "astringent" (puckery, like a cup of strong tea), or "balanced" (with just the right combination of acid, tannin and alcohol). They can be "big" (with a detectable heaviness on the tongue, not light or watery), "clean" (absent of extraneous tastes like cork or oak), "flinty" (dry and sharp), "full-bodied" (thick, robust), and "maderise" (from Madeira; turned slightly brown with age, past the prime). They can be "petillant" (slightly sparkling or effervescent), "thin" (deficient in alcohol or body, watery), or "woody" (with...
...arson). Still, the Q.E. 2 retained, in its original design, at least some of the proud aura of the days when Britannia ruled the waves. But a $4½ million face-lifting, unveiled last week, seems to have turned the only Queen still afloat into a bit of a tart...
...However tart his tongue and whatever his shortcomings, Bing unquestionably saved the Met itself from near-collapse. What he found in 1950 "was much worse than I had expected, in every way," says Bing. By the time he was through, he had set a managerial record virtually unparalleled in opera annals. He boosted ticket sales to 97% of capacity (before they dropped to 85% in the last four years), came up with new productions of 80 operas, put the company on a year-round basis, and found it a badly needed new home in Lincoln Center...
...acquire courage, and Journey's End shows us that too. This is a spare, sharp, impeccable revival, never quaint, never condescending, never squandering any surplus energy on belaboring the obvious by bad-mouthing war. The entire cast, and especially Peter Egan's taut, tart, nerve-shelled Captain Stanhope, deserves medals at the curtain...
...flavor list leans heavily towards fruit flavors and fruit combinations. The fruit sherbets are tart, and refreshing, but the fruit ice creams tend to be sweet and, in combination, gimmicky. If you got confused by the flavors and the names, the help will offer you a taste...