Word: cleverer
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...Clever' American...
Author Rodman has a fine time putting his picture of Shahn together. But his organization finally appears only superficially clever. The last chapter, for example, reverses the chronological sequence of presentation so that the artist grows younger as we proceed to the end of the book until in the last sentence the date of Shahn's birth is given...
Unlike the old Nasser, the new Nasser devoted a good deal of his time to defensive-sounding explanations. The singularly unimpressive performance of the Egyptian air force was explained away as a clever trick. "Our pilots," said he, "were ordered to stay grounded despite their protests . . . We put dummy planes on the airfields, and in this way we were able to save our air force." He went on to make the amazing assertions that no Egyptian tanks or armored cars were lost in battle against the Israelis, that the Egyptian air force had shot down 18 Israeli planes...
...hoped that the law would work itself pure," concluded Freund, "to a simplicity that would not make us clever for another time but wise for always...
...little boy who stamps his foot, spits, and glowers when he can't have his lollypops. In this case the lollypops are dispatches, which the general must procure from a lovely, wide-eyed female spy who is the only really bright thing in the play. She is arrogant and clever, scheming and talkative, and of course beats Napoleon. Paula Cronbach wanders into this femme fatale role with a beguiling innocence that can suddenly turn into astonishing alertness and wit. As Napoleon, Edward McKirdy succeeds, but not so smoothly. He seems to realize that Shaw's portrait of the general...