Word: debonaire
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...luminescence in the Vienna Hilton, which housed most of the media contingent, sometimes was blinding. Cronkite and his wife Betsy strolled by. Heads craned, eyes brightened. That was just after John Chancellor had gone through and clustered spectators had nodded in recognition. Then Tom Brokaw was spied in a debonair pose on the winding staircase. And there were even some famous writers, like the legendary James B. ("Scotty") Reston, who trailed the aura of authority as they trod the byways of old Vienna in pursuit of drama...
...better gift yet for this prof debonair...
DIED. Charles Boyer, 78, debonair, French-born Hollywood star of the '30s and '40s; of an apparent heart attack suffered two days after his wife of 36 years had died; in Phoenix. Endowed with a voice that women found deeply sensual, Boyer was probably best known for the invitation credited to him (but never uttered) in Algiers: "Come weez me to ze Casbah...
...which is cleverly choreographed (by Douglas Fitch and Nancy Tulowiecki) for Dick and Susie to move like the puppets on a Swiss cuckoo clock. Because Barton is nearly always cuckoo, the dance doesn't come off as much of a contrast--a real shame, because Barton is relaxed and debonair in later routines...
...commonplace to note that New York, once one of the most intensely political towns in the country, is now in the midst of a perverse political lull. Gone are the flashy pretty-boys like John Lindsay, the debonair playboys like Jimmy Walker, the fiery sidewalk-thumpers like Fiorello LaGuardia and the mediocre but endearing swindlers like Bill O'Dwyer. The city that could once churn out Roosevelts and Wagners now contents itself with failed accountants like Abe Beame, who chased political shadows in the dark of a summer blackout. Mediocrity on an unprecedented scale. Yet even those ciphers seem awesome...