Word: deft
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...face of Rusk's deft testimony, the Senators were soon reduced to politely limp questions, including none on Berlin or Laos. They got back quietly articulate answers that committed the Kennedy Administration to nothing. As against the late Foster Dulles' dismissal of neutralism as "an immoral and short sighted conception," Rusk argued that the U.S. should not insist that "anyone who is not with us is against us." Although committed to current policy toward Red China-"I see no prospect at this time that normal relations could be established*-Rusk added that it would be difficult to make...
George Hamilton looks like the Jimmy Stewart of the '90s. Actress Prentiss emerges as a deft comedienne with a style reminiscent of the late Kay Kendall's. Jim Hutton looks like Jim Hutton, a gangling young funnybones who already knows how to lose a laugh in order to win the audience. And Connie Francis makes a hardy, short-stemmed wallflower...
...first half of the program was conducted by Michael Senturia '58, and consisted of two motets by Giovanni Gabrieli for chorus and brass choir. Mr. Senturia's deft direction elicited a clean, vigorous attack from both singers and brass in the second of the two, In Ecclesiis, but the first suffered from the same fuzzy intonation and sour accompaniment that despoiled Mr. Forbes' Magnificat...
Frank Quinn, the Eagles' 6 ft., 6 1/2 in. center, has impoved vastly since last season, and should give the B.C. squad control of the boards. Chuck Chevalier, who pairs with Donovan at guard, doesn't score much, but he is a flashy dribbler and deft play-maker...
...movements last barely three minutes in all, and the Orchestre is limited to nine players (string quartet, harp, and four winds). But like much early Milhaud, the music, for all its pretensions, is pleasant and quite lyrical. And it received a very lyrical performance. Mr. Lazar conducted with a deft touch, and his small group of players responded with a spirited and humorous reading that pleased the directors as much as it did the audience. He played all three minutes over again for an encore...