Word: exceptional
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...visible wirepulling, showed no interest in kingmaking, and-except for visits with aging, trigger-tempered Teamster Chief Dan Tobin-he steered clear of smoke-filled rooms. With beet-faced vehemence, he denied a rumor which had gotten to Cincinnati before him-that he was hell bent to boot old Dan out of office and grab the teamsters' presidency for himself. "Mr. Tobin," he said, with dignity, "is like a father...
...Tempting Opportunity. John Foster Dulles, acting head of the U.S. delegation to the U.N., made a cogent point last week: "The problem of Germany cannot be satisfactorily solved except within the framework of some Western European unity. [The Germans] could safely be given a great peaceful opportunity as a small minority-say 20%-of Western Europe. But as one of several separate independent nations in Europe, the Germans, strategically located in the middle of Europe, have a tempting opportunity to maneuver their way back to a dominant position...
...brown obscurity of the painting glowed faintly with candlelight and with rose, blue and yellow waistcoats. The clock on the wall pointed to 2 a.m. and everyone seemed to be having a splendid time splicing the main brace-except for an old salt named Jonas Wanton. Jonas had passed out cold, but he remained a center of attention: one wassailer was being sick beside him, while Stephen Hopkins (who was later to sign the Declaration of Independence for Rhode Island) blessed his bald head with grog...
...Sartre has written "Red Gloves" with an objective eye on the conflict between the two arguments represented by the assassin and the leader. It is not so tersely-written or compact a play as "No Exit", neither is it as outlandishly unrealistic and clumsy as "The Respectful Prostitute." Except for the sudden flaming-up of the love between the leader and the wife which seemed as if it had only just been scribbled on the margin of the script, M. Sartre has written a play that American playwrights could be well to study...
...fault lies in the filming, editing, and staging, not in the dancing. The camera is not expected to film a ballet entirely from fifth-row-center but neither should it show the movements of the dance as if they were viewed from an aerial kaleidoscope. The whole effect (except for the final bit at the church) is only that--effect. One gets the idea of Miss Shearer leaping through seas of rippling cellophane and grotesque faces, but there are hardly 20 continuous minutes of sustained dancing. Miss Shearer is lost and with her the dance...