Word: adept
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...spoofing, Texas, Li'l Darlin' is sporadic and seldom adept. It shines brightest in Johnny Mercer's lyrics, notably about private secretaries...
...early talkie, brings back one of the first and finest silent comedians, in one of his last and best productions. Harold Lloyd, the man who invented horn-rimmed glasses, lurched and fumbled his way to an improbable success in film milestones like "The Freshman," against competition from such adept funnymen as Buster Keaton and Chaplin himself. "Movie Crazy" shows what happened when sound hit the screen, and the champions of the gestured word had to adjust. Most of the time, they didn't bother...
...background, Tuss McLaughry's team operates from the conventional "T" formation behind a balanced line, with occasional fiankers and frequent men-in-motion. In Hal Fitkin, McLaughry has a fast tricky back adept at running the ends. Fitkin was primarily responsible for the 14-7 Indian...
Died. Frank Morgan (real name: Francis Philip Wuppermannf), 59, veteran cinemactor; of cerebral thrombosis; in Los Angeles. A onetime vaudevillean and Broadway star (Gentlemen Prefer Blondes, 1926; Topaze, 1930), Morgan was equally adept at straight character roles (the pirate in Tortilla Flat, the coach in The Stratton Story) or at his specialty: the ineffectual, fatuous old party who was alternately a garrulous liar and a gabby lecher...
...basketball court indoors. By wearing sneakers indoors, they have more traction and develop more self-confidence in their ability to spin and cut. At Notre Dame, the gym is also used for pass-catching drills, with passers bouncing footballs off the backboards; it makes Leahy's players more adept at grabbing deflected passes during a game...