Word: warmth
(lookup in dictionary)
(lookup stats)
Dates: during 1980-1989
Sort By: most recent first
(reverse)
Domingo began slowly, pacing himself for the nearly five-hour evening. His singing in Act I was careful but not tentative; he infused Lohengrin's valedictory to his swan with the wistful Italianate warmth of a love song. In the second act, he sang passionately as Lohengrin tries to protect Elsa, his betrothed, from Ortrud's Iago-like machinations. By the third act, he was in full command, delivering the difficult Grail narration, in which Lohengrin sorrowfully reveals his identity and his obligation to leave Elsa, with power and poignancy. It may not have been idiomatic...
Such clues could help researchers better understand life in the Eocene, a time of turbulent change, climatic as well as geological. The earth was slowly cooling, and swamp areas were evaporating. As a result, hundreds of species were dying or seeking warmth farther south. The North American monkeys, for example, migrated to Central and South America. Warmblooded beasts that could adjust to the new cold thrived, among them the forebears of pigs, cows, cats and dogs. For animals, says Stucky, the epoch "was a revolution." And with the bones unearthed for scientists to explore and understand, that revolution continues...
...married. And she said no. That hurt." Funny, She's Funny That Way. Maybe it's the music. Maybe it's the drinks. Fly Me to the Moon. Maybe it's the South. As Maggie insists, "You don't find this kind of warmth anywhere else." Maybe the high level of sharing and feeling is because people in Birmingham haven't really yet figured out what to talk about since Coach Bear Bryant died last year. There Will Never Be Another...
...have shown egregious lapses in judgment. Many others are mediocre. His budget is preposterously out of balance, and generally his programs have tended to hurt the poor. For these reasons, a large minority of Americans are neither charmed nor disarmed by the easy Reagan smile, the low-key Reagan warmth and the relentless Reagan sincerity...
...French Vice President Lise St.-Martin who gamely rallied behind her. At least, she declared, he is less cold aloof than his predecessor, Pierre Elliott "Now we're faced with a politician a lot more, uh, I hesitate to say hot," Tremblay. "Let's say he has warmth...