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Word: highstrung (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1960-1969
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...violin, a guitar, bass and drums-all of which contribute to a complex, light-textured cacophony that is very close to contemporary classical chamber music, especially in long pieces like his Scheme #1. Handy can also produce tongue-in-cheek rock 'n' roll like Blues for a Highstrung Guitar with both wit and warmth...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: On Broadway: Feb. 17, 1967 | 2/17/1967 | See Source »

...After James married her in 1878 his physical and emotional health improved markedly, and he launched into his significant work in psychology. Though her intelligence, beauty, and wit were highly regarded, she is surely remembered primarily for the composure, devotion, and sympathetic loyalty with which she watched over he highstrung husband...

Author: By William D. Phelan jr., | Title: Cosmopolite Cosmologist: The Life of William James | 5/8/1963 | See Source »

...bottled mineral water, much of which gushes from a spring near the town of Charrier. Unfortunately, French for baby is bébé, pronounced "B.B.," who, as 45 million Frenchmen know, is Cineminx Brigitte Bardot. In turn, making the coincidence the more monstrous, B.B. is married to highstrung Cinemactor Jacques Charrier. Was Perrier, with gauche humor, hinting of discord in the Charrier family? Brigitte concluded just that, had her lawyers ask the Seine Tribunal to muzzle the ads because they cast doubt on her love for her husband, thus injured "her honor, her happiness and her private life...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: People, Mar. 21, 1960 | 3/21/1960 | See Source »

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