Word: torso
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...Down. You can read more easily and with less strain if your torso is erect. Put a bench or chair on a table and use it as a breast-high lectern. Lean on it all you want...
...Copenhagen, Denmark's King Frederik, who is proud of his muscular, tattooed torso and sailing skill, displayed his talent with the baton. At a private concert for family, friends and diplomats, he conducted the Royal Danish Symphony Orchestra through Mozart's Symphony in G Minor (No. 40) and Weber's overture to Euryanthe. Among those who listened and applauded: famed British Conductor Sir Malcolm Sargent...
...tearful maniac in one scene, a persecuted saint in another. The husband moves from cowardice to stoicism, but it is the bandit who really presents a gem of an acting performance. In his own version, especially, he is a cunning beast; oozing with braggadocio. Only half-clothed, his grimy torso shimmers with sweat as he embraces the woman with iron arms and presses his face to her fainting body. In all of his scenes, the bandit in his earthy way makes Rashomon a brilliant dramatic performance...
After weeks of tabloid ballyhoo, curious patrons, including her Texas playboy husband Sheppard King, packed into a Miami Beach nightclub for the American premiere of Samia Gamal's torso-twisting harem dance. In bare feet, a gossamer pink skirt slit down the middle, gold tassels glittering round her bare midriff, Samia slithered through four minutes of her "real oriental art." Then she hurried to her dressing room for a Band-Aid for her big toe, which she had cut on the glass floor. Critical consensus: domestic burlesque is good...
...said yes. So her mother took her to New York, and there they went to see a voice teacher named William Herman. Teacher Herman listened to Pat, looked her over once, then summed her up like a judge at a stock show: "Wide face, straight back, well-developed torso, flexible figure, great thoracic swing, long tongue, high-arched palate, proportion of vocal cords to resonators almost ideal." Then he sat her down for some hard words...