Word: adeptly
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...Patrick Fay kept stumbling over gender: "Gimme a closeup for her," and a second later, "Tighten up on his face." But with little show of emotion on his delicate features or in his contralto voice, chain-smoking Kahler gave a forthright, fascinating case history: his masquerade had grown so adept that from the age of 18 he had earned his living not as a female impersonator but as a woman and nightclub B girl. Wyatt's questioning brought out that Kahler had never known his father, that he came under the strong influence of his mother...
...Kerr children are nevertheless cute in their own way. Christopher, the oldest, is a "slightly used eight-year-old" who is adept at sophistry. "Don't kick the table leg with your foot," Mother warns. "I'm not kicking, I'm tapping," Child replies, and Mother is again foiled...
Making it tough for the panelists is the job of Producer Gil Fates, a sort of inverted Diogenes, who must first find "people everyone has heard of but no body has seen," but whose even harder search is for people adept at lying. Fates keeps enormous files of newspaper clips about odd characters, and complete cards on everyone who has ever entered his office...
...persons in a Japan that is flexing its muscles for World War II. By strictly observed seniority rights, Yukiko−who at 30 is the oldest unmarried sister−must find a husband first. But Yukiko is a clinging vine who almost prefers clinging to her family. She is adept at flower-arranging, but she gets completely flustered if she has to answer the telephone. Through go-betweens, Sachiko, the No. 2 sister, sets up miai after miai−get-acquainted sessions with prospective suitors and their families. But Yukiko seems to be jinxed. In the meantime, Taeko, the youngest...
...Yardlings, too, will be seeking their third straight victory as they take on the Providence freshmen a half-hour before the varsity meet. Not so adept as the varsity runners at dodging the Asian flu, their lineup is still in doubt. Four members of the regular starting lineup have been sidelined by the disease in the past week. Among the most recent victims is Yardling ace Brandy Harrison...