Word: virtuoso
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Once inside, John Lewis put on his best virtuoso performance. His meaty frame shook with laughter, trembled with scorn, vibrated with anger, froze in righteous dignity. And all the while his deft fingers tugged at the strings, rigging the conference into a one-man show...
There is a friendly, disreputable air about much that goes on in Duffy's Tavern. Victor Moore, in handling everything from a glass of brandy to a paintbrush, is a virtuoso of the fumble. Ed Gardner, who rather suggests a ravaged Randolph Scott, is as agreeable to see as he is to hear. His specialty is straight verbal misfires such as "satisfied public accountant," his proud claim to sexual "maggotism" and his wistful reference to his Harvard days ("good old Eli"). But he also delivers a permanent description of a moneybag: "If he can't take it with...
...delivery of the bangtwanging Bali Boogie; the impersonation of a Russian baritone in Laocoonic struggle between his hay fever and Otchi Tchorniya; a glistening little telephonic imitation of a pet shop in full cry, including goldfish; and the hilarious opera climax - Kaye is a great but still growing virtuoso...
...every five enemy planes bagged (TIME, Aug. 28). Last week the bargain was fulfilled: the Philharmonic played the premiere of Commander Wooldridge's Solemn Hymn for Victory-and the Wing Commander appeared in person to take his bows. Critics and audience agreed that he was a more finished virtuoso with the 50-cal. machine gun than with the composer's pen, but applauded him for both achievements...
Treble Bob and Stedman. Change-ringing teams of virtuoso quality have been known to ring faultless sets of 21,000 changes over a period of twelve hours. But such feats are rare because of the enormous physical strain. There are four main methods of change ringing (differences are chiefly in the choice of the sequence of notes and combinations). To campanologists they are known as the 1) Grandsire, 2) Plain Bob, 3) Treble Bob and 4) Stedman. Alterations in the order of changes are indicated during the performance by one of the ringers, who acts as conductor...