Word: effortless
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...them in. They are what we look for, as we skim our lynx-eyes over every other page--a name, a place, an allusion, an object, a brand of deodorant, the titles of six poems in a row, even an occasional date. This, son, makes for interesting (if effortless) reading: and that is what gets A's. Underline them, capitalize them, inset them in outline form: be sure we don't miss them. Why do you think all exams insist at the top, "Illustrate;" "Be Specific;" etc? They mean it. The illustrations needn't, of course, be singularly relevant...
Carter has been bowling with just such effortless precision ever since he quit pro baseball in 1948-he was a Class-D farmhand for the old Philadelphia Athletics-to play the alleys seriously. Competing in a game that has more active competitors (28 million) than any other in the U.S. and that makes little distinction between amateurs and professionals. Don Carter has compiled a record that is probably unmatched in any sport. He has been voted "Bowler of the Year" five times.He has won the All-Star Tournament four times. He was a member of the crack St. Louis Budweisers...
Applauding Feet. Sharing the applause with Composer Cesti was Spanish Mezzo Berganza, 27, who combined some fine acting with effortless singing in the title role. Fast emerging as one of Europe's top divas, Berganza originally studied piano at the Madrid Conservatory, took up singing as a joke, hit the concert circuit after unexpectedly winning the conservatory's singing prize, and married her accompanist...
...only possible cavil is that the actors occasionally seemed to exert themselves a little too much; the style seemed not quite effortless enough. But to delight a first night audience full of Brahmins who understood no French required a little exertion...
...Morris's fault"), Yoshi Shimizu, who made "all the sights for sure eyes" (i.e. the set, the costumes, and the props), and Bill Wilder, who composed "the heard melodies" transformed each of the obstacles which nature had put in their way into an advantage. The result was an effortless and delightful stylization...