But for nearly 25 years her elegance and suppleness have fascinated the public and choreographers alike.

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Ms Cohodas acknowledges that the singer lacked the suppleness of such divas as Ella Fitzgerald and Sarah Vaughan.

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Instead, there was a suppleness about the spice I found intriguing, a feint and parry with the other intense flavors.

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These are enviable conditions for ripening Cabernet Sauvignon-producing wines with a strong depth of color, good tannic structure, power and suppleness.

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Two-and-half-hour stints are a breeze, thanks to the surprising suppleness of the suspension, potent engine, smooth-shifting seven-speed automatic transmission and quiet interior.

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The Roman orators Cicero and Quintilian believed that "paronomasia", the Greek term for punning, was a sign of intellectual suppleness and rhetorical skill.

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Choreographers have told Dr Neave that movements in these three planes comes from strength and suppleness, so they would help to indicate a genetically fit male.

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He now has to show that he is more than that stock figure, the peppery military man, admired for straight talking but lacking the suppleness of mind to dominate the stage at the end.

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These are delivered, and sometimes disguised, with great suppleness, especially by Neill, but they work far better in rushes of wrath and dissent than in the more lyrical moods, and the whole conceit will strike you as either dazzling or vacantly precious, according to taste.

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