Word: cleverness
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...Clever Men, and True
...your "Manners & Morals" column concerning "the debutante industry" [TIME, Nov. 81, I was somewhat amazed, yet amused, to read of the "lissome" Joanne Connelley so nonchalantly dismissing the clever loquaciousness, genuine intellect, and congenial drinking habits of college "boys" in her sophisticated, world-weary attitude . . . It appears to our entire fraternity that this "sweet and young" 18-year-old apparently hasn't met true college...
Until the tabloids came along, headlines tended to be wordy and dull, with each "bank" of type telling part of the story. Now, most headlines are briefer and more to the point. Nowhere in the U.S. are they as pointed, cynical, impudent or brassily clever as in the Daily News. Sample (on meat prices and inflation...
...mere use of which would have given them better understanding of their roles, and opportunities for some amusing stage business which grey flannels and New Looks do not offer. Above these obstacles, there is some fine comedy acting by the Idler group. Barbara Tuttle's Millimant was very clever, warm, and extremely attractive. The Witwoud of Peter Davis-Dibble seemed to carry over best into modern dress and he was particularly funny in his drunk scene. Carol LaCascio, as Foible, and Harris Clay as Sir Wilful Witwoud were especially good. The part of Lady Wishfort was a disappointment, both...
...sizing up his team's prospects for the season, Coach Harper noted yesterday that "since it will not be a big team, it will have to make up for its height with clever ball-handling and speed." Harper will miss such men as Ed Smith and Jim Gabler, two giraffe-like forwards who carried the freshman attack last year but have since graduated to the varsity. Harper also pointed out that insufficient practice may result in spotty floor work Saturday...