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...tortured Dutch Artist Vincent Van Gogh), was the hairy centerpiece of a trio of singers while rehearsing before a polio benefit on the terrace of Monte Carlo's Summer Sporting Club. His deep voice blended commendably with the husky baritone of Grandma Marlene Dietrich and the lilting tremolo of Italian Cinemactress Gina (The Wayward Wife) Lollobrigida...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: People, Aug. 29, 1955 | 8/29/1955 | See Source »

...careful count.) Artificial aids to attract birds and flush them from the underbrush are legitimate. Many birders make a succession of noises such as "Pshhh, pshhh, pshhh; psi, psi, psi; tsk, tsk, tsk." Birding virtuosos learn to give lifelike imitations of the screech owl's eerie, fluty tremolo. Others carry the Audubon Bird Call-a tiny birchwood tube in which they rotate a pewter plunger: it squeaks like crazy. Latest gadget is a 98? plastic "bird" with a trombone slide that can be made to chirp and whistle arpeggios like an amorous cardinal or sing the mournful minor...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Sport: BIG HUNT WITHOUT KILLS | 1/10/1955 | See Source »

Bobby Short (Trend EP). A young West Coast singer who manages-with the help of an excitable tremolo and an occasional uninhibited growl-to work a good bit of enthusiasm into the grooves. Gustiest number: Taking a Chance on Love...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Music: New Pop Records, Jan. 4, 1954 | 1/4/1954 | See Source »

Strauss: Der Rosenkavalier (Margarete Bäumer and Ursula Richter, sopranos; Tiana Lemnitz, mezzo-soprano; Kurt Böhme, bass; chorus of the Dresden State Opera, the Saxonian State Orchestra, Rudolf Kempe conducting; Urania Records, sides LP). Soprano Bäumer (The Marschallin) has an unpleasant tremolo and Böhme (Ochs) is too growly and guttural; otherwise a middling-good performance. Recording: good...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Music: New Records, Oct. 22, 1951 | 10/22/1951 | See Source »

...Republican Charles Tobey of New Hampshire who found the drizzle most monotonous. "I am impressed," cried he in soap-opera tremolo, "with the futility of much that is going on here . . . I wish we could ring the curtain down, for the good of the country...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: MACARTHUR HEARING: Impatient Audience | 6/4/1951 | See Source »

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