Word: awkwardnesses
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...history of the Arab world." But King Saud had lingered on in Libya, and his plane touched down at Cairo's airfield a negligent six hours late. The Convair's automatic steps failed to function, and Egypt's President Gamal Abdel Nasser had to wait an awkward several moments more before Saud stepped down into his welcoming embrace...
...exceptional voice and delightful, slightly grand manner; he becomes both noble and sad, within seriousness, especially in his most effective scene, and displays a remarkable facility in portraying comedy where he is drunk. As Vanya, John Mautner is at moments persuasive. His performance vacillates uneasily, however, and his awkward arms and constantly nervous voice and eyes were occasionally distracting. Even if Vanya is nervous, Mautner could well be more relaxed...
...slightly too heavy for the play, although he succeeded completely in any comic passages. Mij Gohr, playing his wife, was sensitive and graceful, giving a quiet impression of sensitive acting; she was also, however, a bit frozen. As Sonia, Charlotte Clark looked believable, but stood rather rigidly, often in awkward closeness to others on stage. Her face occasionally wandered far out of her role, and she was only at moments able to bring the partial vitality, youth, and hope of Sonia onto the stage. Marc Brugnoni brought interest and skill to the part of a broken friend of the family...
Despite Yale's awkward skating and lack of playmaking, the game in the Garden Saturday delighted the record crowd of an estimated 10,000 because of its roughness and 11 penalties, seven on Yale...
...very awkward hockey game which the varsity sextet won 13 to 1 over Tufts last Saturday at the Icehouse...