Word: debonair
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...Kroks' repertoire will include two new songs, "Tutti Frutty" and "Georgia." The Kroks' debonair style should provide an interesting comparison with that of the Alleycats, which is said to be similar to the Din and Tonics...
Frost delivers another classic acting job. Early in his performance, he has a mixture of regality and clumsiness that is as confusing as it is recognizable. His character wavers between a confident, debonair diplomat and a parody of a bureaucrat, such as when he attempts to explain to Susan the benefits of the embalming process. "It keeps the body from exploding at a bad moment," he tells her. When he sees the expression on her face: "Of course, any moment would be a bad moment--that goes without saying." Later, as her husband, he swings quickly and adroitly from...
...sharp contrast not only to Berneice's steadiness but also to the quietness of Carl Gordon's performance as Doaker. The character that makes the best foil for Boy Wille's out-there exuberance is his handsome friend Lymon, played with a funny mix of innocence and debonair grace by Rocky Carroll...
...films, beginning with Sean Connery in 1963's Dr. No. Connery played the suave Agent 007 seven times, as did Roger Moore; George Lazenby played him once. For Bond's next appearance, in The Living Daylights, which begins filming in London next month, Producer Albert Broccoli had selected the debonair, Irish-born Pierce Brosnan, star of TV's Remington Steele, after the NBC series was canceled. When Steele was renewed two months later, however, Brosnan had to bow out. So Welshman Timothy Dalton, 38, who has played Shakespeare as well as gracing such sudsy TV mini-series as Mistral...
...waited for him." So the trainer was 26 years between Derby starts, and the rider 21 between Derby victories. "I didn't panic," said Shoemaker, who has won 8,537 races worth more than $100 million, including at Churchill Downs on Swaps (1955), Tomy Lee ('59) and Lucky Debonair ('65). "I took my time. I felt good." Moving up surely, going around some and about others, he made his last crucial pass through a needle's eye. "I saw a little spot, and decided to take a chance on getting through, saving a bit of ground. One, two, three, boom...