Word: buoyantly
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...occasionally awkward and at first somewhat limp, both the male and female choruses soon found their stride and by the climactic scenes of the second act, successfully projected their spirit to the audience. Their singing and dancing of such numbers as "Swing" and "Conga" was not only circusy but buoyant. Jim Fadiman's Valenti, the sleezy operator of a Village nightspot, was perhaps the outstanding member of the chorus...
Watch Against Evil. Ironically, it is the dewan sent in from India who leads the battle against "evil outside influences." The present dewan, buoyant N. K. Rustomji, spent 18 years in Britain, but has become so attached to his work that he walks around Sikkimese style in a gleaming, embroidered bakkhu with a Great Dane said by the Sikkimese to be a reincarnation of Albert Einstein. The dewan considers his main task to be "the Sikkimization" of Sikkim-the attempt to preserve Sikkim's culture and identity from too much Tibetan or Chinese influence. The Indians are also pushing...
...balloon hung steadily in the eye of the storm. Whenever it rose above a predetermined level, an automatic mechanism released a little of its buoyant gas. Whenever it sank too low, another gadget dropped a bit of ballast. Gentle breezes spiraling inward kept it always close to the storm's calm center...
...French composer of ballet (The Tragedy of Salome), chamber music (Quintet in B Minor), piano, orchestral and choral music (Psalm 47) ; in Neuilly-sur-Seine, France. In June the audience at the opening concert of the Strasbourg Festival heard a sparkling phenomenon: Florent Schmitt's new and youthfully buoyant first symphony, premiered in his 88th year...
...most voluptuous straight man in the world, especially when playing with such pros as Boyer and Vidal. The film is not notable for witty lines, but with a glance, a shrug, an understated double take, the two actors have turned the airy little script into one of the most buoyant comedies of the season...