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He speaks, says the New York Times ' Stephen Holden, in "a hushed, gee-whiz semi-whisper that's meant to convey profundity but ...
The presentation of these items is hushed and museumlike, with just dash of whimsy.
Furthermore, "standardization" is not some will-o'-the-wisp notion whose stock rises and falls upon weekly pronouncements from what Duffy/Cary call "the hushed groves of academia."
He could play in a hushed, romantic style, then plunge, at a moment's notice, into fiery, Latin-flavored syncopation.
Green's new novel, Loving , has just received a very favorable review in The New Yorker . Shawn--"with his usual hushed delicacy of speech and manner"--inquires of the novelist whether he could possibly reveal what prompted the creation of such an exquisite work.