Word: boyish
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...pious voice, was enough to convince you that he was a sanctimonious prig-until you saw him gay & dashing in a nightclub. The trusted confidant of his general, Desmond was one of the most promising officers in the army. When he asked her to marry him, in a clumsy, boyish way, Harriet's heart was touched; she gladly accepted...
...play opposite him. Then, as now, he was 6 ft. 2 in., very symmetrical, with rippling, taffy-colored hair. He played tennis and sang baritone in the glee club. Toward the end of his days in law school he acquired a reputation as a cutup, in a clean, boyish way. He never could hold liquor and has become almost a teetotaler because of his ulcers...
...yellow flags that mark the gates, skidded once and almost missed a gate. Her first run was clocked in 59.7 seconds ; the second time, she cut two seconds off that. Thanks to Gretchen Fraser, the U.S. had won its first Olympic ski race in history. The same day, boyish Dick Button, 1 8, of Englewood, N.J., jumped and spun through his figure-skating routine to give the U.S. its second triumph...
Spivak, a Sophomore who locked even more boyish alongside veterans like Barney Ewell, Eddie Conwell and Herby Thompson, was reasonably nerveless in all three sprints. He beat Herby Thompson in one of the qualifying heats, nailing second place. In his semi-final heat he broke on top and led all the way, winning in 5.6. Then came the final. The Crimson sprinter was way over his head in this one, finishing fifth behind Barney Ewell...
Charles A. Lindbergh, as durably boyish-looking as any celebrity of modern times, was beginning, at 45, to show signs of wear & tear. Week before in Hong Kong (on airline business, he said), he had asked the press to report practically nothing about him at all; now in Tokyo he forbade photographs; but the press went on working anyway...