Word: compliments
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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Cohan once told a dance class at the Loeb that his most treasured compliment came from his young niece who ran up to him after a performance and told him Uncle Bob, I understood every word you said." One loses complete comprehension after childhood, but the beauty of Cohan's dance is still powerful and awesome; at the same time it is delightful. I have never seen a dancer change levels (move, for example, from an upright to a sitting position) with such sudden grace; guessing how he will rise to his feet again becomes an interesting game...
...Detweiler runs a small bar, and has an affair with a local prostitute. Finally he ends the romance when she wants to hustle in his joint, even if it means marrying him. "He was sorry to break off with Jenny, and amidst his regret was deep appreciation of the compliment to himself and to her business in her willingness to marry him. It was easy to find a woman who would marry a man with a successful business, but Jenny had been willing to be a partner. It was a high compliment indeed and it made little difference whether...
...rolling onto a beach. Beatty sailed through the tape, crossed himself, continued jog ging, and waved happily to the crowd. The judges announced his time: 8 min. 30.7 sec.-almost exactly according to plan and a new world record, by nearly 4 sec. Coach Igloi paid Beatty his supreme compliment. "He does," said Igloi, "what I tell...
...likely to have a certain chocolate attitude toward college. To her, the experience of Harvard-Radcliffe is most important for "the infinite opportunities it offers." She sees college primarily as a set of doors to be utilized, rather than a self-sufficient milieu. And so she chooses to compliment another girl by giving her some utilitarian and unfeminine attribute: like "brilliant," "down to earth," "conscious," "alive," or "great" and the like...
...conscious of their sex and often the most beautiful of the girls. They decorate their rooms with taste, and more concern for art and individuality than do their fellow students. And a search for self-expression, for eternal, almost mythic verities, is implied in the adjectives they use to compliment another girl: "beautiful," "good," "nice," "womanly," "sympatico," "free...