Word: deft
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...recent Jefferson-Jackson Day dinner in Indianapolis brought out some fine literary ruffles and flourishes. Senator Birch Bayh gave a deft demonstration of cliche clustering with his characterization of "a rubber-stamp candidate chosen by the vested interests in a smoke-filled room." Senator Vance Hartke offered some introspective metaphysics: "What must we seem to the deeper inner selves of ourselves?" And State Democratic Chairman Gordon St. Angelo, when asked if he was trying to get Teddy Kennedy to run for President, showed old Mrs. Malaprop a thing or two: "I haven't made any ovations...
Died. Harold J. ("Pie") Traynor, 72, former star third baseman and manager of the Pittsburgh Pirates; of emphysema; in Pittsburgh. Traynor joined the Pirates in 1920, and for the next 17 years his powerful hitting was matched only by his deft fielding at third base. He had a lifetime batting average of .320, drove in more runs than any other Pirate in history (1,273), and in 1948 was elected to baseball's Hall of Fame. In 1969 U.S. sportswriters voted him the best third baseman in baseball history...
Occasionally, Shapiro's unremitting emphasis on sexuality falls flat, blunting once or twice an otherwise deft satirical job. The sexual overtones of a naked couple's encounter with a fascist Smokey the Bear defuse what could have been a more powerful swipe at the authoritarianism embodied even in the symbol of our national parks...
Died. Llewellyn Thompson, 67, diplomat and Kremlinologist; of cancer; in Bethesda, Md. Thompson made deft use of two valuable assets: patience and a thorough knowledge of his opponent. The career Foreign Service officer successfully negotiated the Austrian State Treaty with the Russians, ending Austria's postwar occupation, and the Trieste settlement resolving the Italian-Yugoslav dispute over the Adriatic seaport. His two tours as Ambassador to Moscow (1957-62 and 1967-69) covered some explosive moments in U.S.-Soviet relations, including the U-2 incident and the 1961 Berlin crisis, but through it all Thompson maintained excellent rapport with...
WHAT'S GOIN' ON (Tamla). A melodically deft song cycle by soul crooner Marvin Gaye that praises God, blesses peace and swings till kingdom come...