Word: tenors
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...vibrations pour over him until he could stand it no longer. His bright black eyes glistened. "Oo, Mario," he cooed lovingly, "you can sing like a sonofabitch ! " Both the voice on the record and the ecstatic compliment came from Mario Lanza himself, at 30 the first operatic tenor in history to become a full blown Hollywood star...
Millions of ardent fans agree with Tenor Lanza, in his admiration of 'the voice that has lifted him, almost as smoothly as it clears high C, from Philadelphia's Little Italy to a unique spot in U.S. show busi ness. For natural power and quality, though not for training or polish, it is a voice that many experts rank with those of the titans of opera. The voice sells Lanza, but Lanza, also sells the voice with curly-haired good looks and a paradoxical combination of beaming boyishness and hairy-chested animal magnetism. He is at once...
...tenor of your interesting July 9 article on submarines was much too disparaging of our designers and engineers. The strengthhulls of American WW II subs were the equal of any combatant. Maximum submerged speed of all submarines prior to the XXI was about 9 knots. Our radar was superior to that of any combatant, as was our fire control (electromechanical aid in solving the torpedo aiming problem...
Overcome with honeymoonshines while lunching with Queen Narriman at a seafood restaurant in Naples, Egypt's pudgy King Farouk burst into tenor solo, gave his bride a table serenade with a Neapolitan love song, in turn got a burst of applause from delighted guests...
Washington was openly skeptical. Declared the State Department: "If Mr. Malik's broadcast means that the Communists are now willing to end the aggression ... we are . . . ready . . . But the tenor of Mr. Malik's speech again raises the question as to whether this is more than propaganda...