Word: pleasingness
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Like all virtuosi, he is the recipient of a good deal of criticism, both deserved and undeserved, and there is no doubt that many of its interpretations are not entirely pleasing to our Anglo-Saxon ears. Some listeners would prefer more contemporary works--others would not venture beyond Debussey. But...
As far as pleasing ordinary listeners goes, it is hard to put life and variety into the neat forms of chamber music, hard to put color, especially over the radio, into the timbres of piano and strings. Gruenberg's quintet, wandering among E minor and related keys, sounded cool...
The cinema has a special category for what it calls "prestige pictures." Made with an eye to pleasing serious critics, these productions are intended primarily to stimulate the self-respect rather than fill the purses of their makers. Prestige pictures are such films as The Green Pastures, Winter set, A...
The Chicago, Burlington & Quincy calls its hostesses "Zephyrettes." They wear pearl-grey uniforms, overseas caps, flowers in buttonholes. Before the train starts they greet passengers on the platform, show them to their locations, go through the train with the conductor to see that everyone is comfortable. The Burlington once had...
This pleasing picture of NLRB impartiality is not shared throughout the land. The three-man Labor Board-Chairman J. (for Joseph) Warren Madden flanked by two men named Smith, Donald Wakefield and Edwin Seymour (no kin)-is generally rated proLabor. And NLRB's many enemies say this pro-Labor...