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This phenomenon, known as the "Forbush decrease" after the scientist who discovered it, has been observed repeatedly.
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The answer lies in a phenomenon known as the Forbush decrease, after the astronomer Scott Forbush who studied galactic comsic rays in the 1930s and 1940s.
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In case there's any doubt left in your mind, let me paraphrase Forbush: I'm in love, I'm in love, I'm in love, I'm in love, I'm in love with a wonderful show.
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She will soon appear as Nellie Forbush in South Pacific Are you enjoying rehearsing the role of Nellie?
Samantha Womack: 'The grittier elements in South Pacific often get lost' 2011
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Here's what you don't expect to hear from a woman who spent most of the last two triumphant years playing Nellie Forbush on Broadway: her leading man's signature tune (especially when that man, the Brazilian baritone Paolo Szot, took home the Tony Award for his efforts).
Performing Arts: Kelli O'Hara lights up the Kennedy Center Nelson Pressley 2010
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True, her portrayal of Nellie Forbush at Lincoln Center proved "there's nothing like a dame," but it was her moving performance as the mentally challenged Clara Johnson in Lincoln Center's The Light in the Piazza that counts among the most heartbreaking.
Fern Siegel: Stage Door: An Evening With Kelli O'Hara Fern Siegel 2011
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True, her portrayal of Nellie Forbush at Lincoln Center proved "there's nothing like a dame," but it was her moving performance as the mentally challenged Clara Johnson in Lincoln Center's The Light in the Piazza that counts among the most heartbreaking.
Fern Siegel: Stage Door: An Evening With Kelli O'Hara Fern Siegel 2011
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Forbush Man and Obnoxio the Clown should have been in there.
Spider-Man’s World is About to Change Forever! Again! | Major Spoilers - Comic Book Reviews and News 2009
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Theatergoers of a certain age mine grew up with the original cast recording, and find it hard to forget Mary Martin as Nellie Forbush—the nurse who's got to overcome the racial prejudice "you have to be carefully taught"—and Ezio Pinza, a celebrated operatic bass, as Emile de Becque, father of two mixed-race children, who meets Nellie, "a stranger, across a crowded room."
Falling in Love With the Barbican's Wonderful 'South Pacific' Paul Levy 2011
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Here's what you don't expect to hear from a woman who spent most of the last two triumphant years playing Nellie Forbush on Broadway: Her leading man's signature tune (especially when that man, the Brazilian baritone Paolo Szot, took home the Tony Award for his efforts).
Kelli O'Hara at the Kennedy Center: Sparkling, controlled in voice and presence Nelson Pressley 2010
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