Word: sounded
(lookup in dictionary)
(lookup stats)
Dates: during 1950-1950
Sort By: most recent first
(reverse)
...inward-bound channel. These were questions for the board of inquiry and the courts to decide; even before the inquiry was over the U.S. filed a damage action asking $14 million from the Luckenbach Line, accusing it of negligence. Among the government's accusations: Excessive speed, failure to sound proper whistle, failure to use radar or other navigational warning aids and failure to have proper lookouts on watch...
They even looked good when their 400-meter relay team came in a close second to the British in a qualifying heat. Then they began to sound more like Russians at Lake Success. The British, it seemed, had changed lanes, so they had to be disqualified. But the British protested; everyone had changed lanes, they said. Officials agreed, ordered the heat rerun. "Nyet!" cried the Russians; they would walk out of the meet rather than re-run a heat they had already won. Finally, the Soviet Embassy made a concession: "We will contact Moscow immediately for instructions." Next...
...crack announcer as well as a fast-stepping businessman, McLendon still depends on teletyped reports, dressing them up with skillful sound effects and a sense of on-the-spot excitement that has given him bigger audiences in some cities than competing "live" broadcasts direct from the press box. Explains McLendon: "I'm not trying to deceive anybody. I'm only trying to give them a colorful broadcast...
...Musical Convent." A onetime Max Reinhardt student, German-born, 63-year-old Carl Ebert is one operatic director who insists that his "singing actors" know "the exact meaning of what they are singing and . . . strive to make it sound believable by their actions and expressions...
Beethoven: Serenade, Op. 25 (John Wummer, flute; Alexander Schneider, violin; Milton Katims, viola; Columbia 2 sides LP). An early, infectiously light-hearted work for an unusual assortment of instruments; the players here make it sound good. Recording: excellent...