Word: warmness
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...Sacred Harp for Health Re "Give Me That Old-Time Singing" [Jan. 28]: during my four years as a Sacred Harp singer, I discovered that beginners enjoy a warm welcome and excellent coaching. Experienced singers get a break from worrying about dynamics and tone quality. Everyone receives choral singing's documented benefits of stress reduction, lowered blood pressure and enhanced immunity. Best of all, we have an opportunity to create beautiful music that sometimes seems like a direct communication from the past to the present. Thanks for highlighting this life-affirming pursuit. Susan Matthews, Chicago
...love. There is a foul, sour humor in one of Baker’s dope-fueled interviews, where he hesitates almost to the point of forgetfulness while trying to say the name of his son.Sitting between two fawning women in the back of a black convertible, cruising through a warm Santa Monica night, he is downright romantic, if not rather dejected looking. “Do you know who I am?” he asks a woman as she nuzzles him and kisses him on the cheek. When she responds in the negative, Baker replies...
...three years that she has been overseeing the creative direction of Gucci, the $3.1 billion (2.1 billion euro) apparel, fragrance and accessories juggernaut. Compared with her predecessor, the fashion rock star Tom Ford, Giannini cuts a low profile, and critics have called her runway shows everything from "hard to warm to" to "pedestrian." What most infuriates the front-row naysayers, of course, is that Giannini's style is working: in 2005 and 2006, Gucci reported 18.4% and 16.8% growth, respectively. In 2007, it reported an 11% increase...
...people might think. Either way, creating such melodrama around a simple choice of wardrobe actually perpetuates Harvard’s reputation for self-obsession and arrogance instead of diminishing it. In reality, a Harvard hoodie signifies only two things about the wearer: she attends Harvard and intends to keep warm. Some steer clear of the Coop’s apparel section because their relationship with Harvard isn’t as simple as a “Go Crimson!” headband would imply. Few undergrads I’ve spoken with gave a “yes?...
...absolutely essential to the outcome,” Klarman said. “If it weren’t for her, I’m pretty confident this actually wouldn’t have happened. [...]She was persevering, generous, warm, and caring...