Word: baring
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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David McCord's hobby is esting and triguing. However, I'm clined to think such words as fulgent, prentice, jangled and pression are Bare Roots rather than Lost Positives...
True to the task of molding the complete man of suburban society, Colgate demands certain skills in exchange for a degree. There are, naturally, the usual swimming and language requirements. But the Colgate graduate must go beyond these bare essentials for civilized living; he must play a decent game of golf and tennis. Accordingly, those who cannot pass an initial test, spend a part of their time on the college's links and courts until they are skilled enough in the sports to sell insurance, or even bonds...
Such scenes, written in a bare, vigorously perceptive prose, infuse The Hive with uncommon power. It is too bad that Novelist Cela's method is self-defeating. He spreads himself too thinly over too many characters, and his vignettes, taken together, lack the sharpness that they have separately. But many a lesser, more successful novelist would give his best typing finger to be able to evoke the bitterness, insight and compassion that Novelist Cela packs into brief scenes that plunge straight at the heart...
...whether they're well known outside their Mid-American conference or not, whether the Crimson is favored to triumph Saturday or not, Ohio's Bobcats should do more than snarl and bare their fangs...
Sakini, a native interpreter played by David Wayne, accompanies Captain Fisby to the village. Wayne's face and gestures are wonderfully expressive, and his glib handling of Patrick's witty lines is a delight. Particularly charming are the introductions to each scene he speaks on a bare stage. Wayne's superb acting makes his part completely believable...