Word: elan
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...began life with too much elan...
...which wants a German contribution to Western defense) the truth about EDC's chances in Parliament-the truth apparently being that there is not a findable majority in both houses for the treaty in its present form. Last week Premier Pierre Mendès-France, man of elan, defied both bugaboos. He loaded the project with "interpretive protocols" (actually drastic amendments) and scheduled it for debate and vote, Aug. 28-31. He has told Secretary Dulles that unless EDC is modified, it would be voted down in the Assembly by about 50 votes...
...forges ahead with the urbane skill that has made him one of France's top actors. Those who saw Devil In The Flesh will wonder at his transformation. No more the scrawny, introspective adolescent, Philipe is a virile and powerful hero, dispatching his enemies with a grace and athletic elan that has not been seen since the days of the elder Fairbanks...
...American women in general, and Radcliffe girls in particular, want "to have their cake, and eat it too." But most agree that they manage to do a very good job of it. As Cherington summed it up: "Radcliffe has extremely high intellectual standards, yet the girls have style and 'elan', and take their highly varied and extensive social life well in their stride." Compared with other women's colleges, he said, "It ranks with Bryn Mawr and Barnard as the three leading intellectual colleges, yet it does not have 'the supra-heated steam intellectualism' of Bryn Mawr. Holyoke girls...
...peaceful invasion, the only real foe they encounter is the girls' prim and proper father (Leo Genn), a plantation owner who is determined to protect his unkissed daughters from the advances of the enemy. But nature takes its course, and the three fun-loving girls (Joan Elan, Audrey Dalton, Dorothy Bromiley) find romance with three personable marines (Gene Barry, Don Taylor, Peter Baldwin). Written by F. Hugh (Kiss and Tell) Herbert, The Girls of Pleasure Island is an unblushingly sentimental fable that is both idyllic and dull. The picture's outstanding assets: the pretty, Technicolored scenery...