Word: contrivedness
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Laura Esterman obviously tried very hard to breathe life into Amanda, but lacked the skill to succeed. her struggle to retain sanity and individuality in the dream world of the Duchess and Albert was contrived and unconvincing. Her anger was that of a little girl-not a woman-and so...
This failure is especially evident in the International Students Association at 33 Garden Street. Although their dances are often attended by as many as 200 students, the ISA has had little regular response from those foreigners who consider themselves too "sophisticated" to be thrown into contrived companionship. They have also...
Actually Clem and Mark are plainly intended to be stand-ins for one man- Mark Twain. According to a favorite Fiedler theory, the true rebel was the private Sam Clemens as opposed to the public entertainer Mark Twain. Never these twain will meet-or part. The Second Stone is a...
Yama's new building projected for Harvard is somewhat less successful-it seems contrived, even "Japanesque."
Standing By. In the Kennedy Administration, the vice-presidency has again become what it was throughout most of the nation's history: a ceremonial office in which a man stands by to take office in case the President dies. John Adams, first Vice President of the U.S., called it...