The operators need a yogi-like composure and patience, a pleasant speaking voice, the ability to pick words out of static and garble, and a strong back.
The "oh"s lengthened into a protracted vocalizing, almost a ululation; Durning's pleasant speaking voice had become an otherworldly wail.
Although he had a pleasant speaking voice and continued to make movies after talkies came in, he was too strongly identified with the '20s to maintain his mass appeal.
His facility with words, his wit, his ability to invent a turn of phrase, his lightness of touch, his pleasant speaking voice – all of these together are a stark contrast to his predecessor.
And in this fall's iOS 7 update, Siri will gain a more pleasant speaking voice, faster searches and the ability to change settings by voice ("Turn on Airplane Mode," "Turn up the brightness," "Turn on Bluetooth") — something neither phone can do now.
Realize that these types of positions require experience in receiving a high volume of phone calls and a professional, pleasant speaking voice.
The supply teacher identified as gender neutral and was very pleasant to speak to during break time.
While both were pleasant to speak with and generous with their time, one in particular, a coach and trainer, shared some things that really made an impression on me.
As other fathers might dole out hugs, Frenenqer's father, Tiberio, hands his daughter a typed list of "10 commandments," which includes such rules as "You will smile and act pleasant when spoken to" and "You will not act out for attention".
A psychiatrist with an M.R.I. sports a power calendar, dotted with invitation-only meetings in pleasant climes, speaking engagements underwritten by drug companies and appointments with a ghostwriter who will help pen a popular book on the implications of the new phrenology.
Is it a generational thing that Mr. Beutel, just turned 70 with one of the longest anchor careers in television news, is always courteous and pleasant and speaks ill of no one, or is he simply the most diplomatic man in New York?
