Word: charm
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...undergraduate too, Lamont seems to have proven its worth. Not only has it made for itself a secure and prominent place in his mythology, but it has captured--either through its charm or more likely through its necessity--his statistical approval. Although McNiff belittles the importance of circulation figures in a library where books can be taken from the shelves, read, and replaced without anyone being the wiser, he does have records where records can be kept. They are impressive...
...turn of the century, primitive art has been a subject of controversy. In the first place, few can agree on just what the word is meant to cover. Two things it always stands for are an untrained hand and a childlike eye. Primitives are would-be realists whose charm depends on their very inability to paint photographically accurate pictures. Most of them have trouble with figures (as does Grandma) and make a habit of cluttering their canvases with niggling details (as Grandma does not). Very few have Grandma's luminosity of color, and almost none can match...
...youthful hoofer. Picking up after a slow start, the play has enough bright remarks and gay incidents, enough humor, novelty and point of view for a refreshingly pleasant evening. This is true despite the fact that-though Actress Tandy makes a winning Mary Doyle-Actor Cronyn lacks the regrettable charm and dash of the Devil...
...grownups, Hondo offers only Geraldine Page, the Broadway star of Mid-Summer, who in her first film lead almost wrecks the picture. She plays a pioneer woman with a fresh face and unaffected charm that make the other actors in the picture look as phony as a bunch of rodeo types...
...Charm School. In Paterson, N.J., filing a suit for separate maintenance, Mrs. Frances Constantino complained that her husband Michael, attempting to make her lose 55 lbs., had rationed her food, made her swim until she was exhausted, insisted that she take a five-mile hike every day for a month...