Word: debonair
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...Functions of Twentieth Century Architecture. The son of a professor of architecture, Hamlin entered the field almost by instinct ("Well, let's put it this way. I never wanted to do any thing else"), made a name for himself in practice, turned to teaching, became the bearded, debonair exponent of a brand of functionalism not divorced from humanity: "The pleasure one gets from perceiving character in a building is not merely a cold realization of the mechanical fitness of its forms to the purpose they serve; it is a definitely emotional reaction as well. The good building puts...
...well as he can; maybe God will give the increase; that is His responsibility. Thus he works with the strain off. It is sometimes wise to remember that there is such a thing as Christian nonchalance. Maybe there is room for a new beatitude: 'Blessed are the debonair,' in whom the Word of God sparkles with graciousness and charm...
...such sharpshooter is debonair Kurt Bader, 36, an ingenious German whose flair for showmanship unhappily surpasses his marksmanship. With his wife Hildegard, Kurt billed his show as "Aal Cherry & Mac Zero, the World-Famous Sharpshooting Act." His act involved a machine like an egg beater, across which pretty little Mac, arrayed in shorts and bra, could be tastefully spread-eagled and rotated as a "human windmill." Last week, after putting their two daughters to bed in a hotel room nearby, Aal & Mac went into their act at Cologne's Kaiserhof Theater. Their eleven-year-old son Hubert strapped...
...West Point through André, and the young English major would be firmly set in his army career for life. Caught in civilian clothes at the very edge of success, tried and convicted as a spy, he gave the world a classic lesson in how a brave and debonair soldier should meet his death. Marching to his execution, on a hill west of Tappan, N.Y., he remarked to his captors: "I am very much surprised to find your troops under such good discipline, and your music is excellent...
...blue-ribbon darling in anybody's date book . . . Footloose and fancy-free." Georgia Senator Dick Russell (55): "At the very mention of his name, Washington widows heave and sigh . . . The darling of the Southland, has just about everything. He's gallant, handsome, debonair, wise and charming." Rhode Island Senator Theodore Green: "If it's money you're after . . . he's Mr. Moneybags himself. But don't expect this 85-year-old tennis player to lavish his wealth on a mere woman. Rumor has it that when the Senator used to take his rich constituent...