Word: flair
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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Director Levy is now conducting a frantic search for a "retired soft-shoe artist out to make a fast buck" to teach Rettenberg a passable routine, He says that urchin street-dancers, "if they have a flair," might be considered as a last resort...
...Consul General was a Harvard man, and were soon living in luxury at the Consulate. They were taken on guided tours of the city, and after a pleasant stay, they got a free flight back to Tri-zone in an empty air-lift transport. Another Harvard undergraduate with a flair for the lurid spent a weekend with the Salvador Dalis in Spain...
Handwriting Analyst Muriel Stafford considered the evidence and announced that Joe DiMaggio "combines a flair for the dramatic with care and accuracy regarding detail ... a writer who does things well, calmly, doesn't like to be rushed" (see SPORT...
Spain's stooped and shriveled Juan March has come a long way since the days of his penniless youth when he earned his first pesetas by smuggling tobacco. He did not learn to read or write until his late 40s, but he had a flair for figures. He multiplied his first stake into a fortune (estimated at $100 million to $200 million), gained mastery over scores of Spain's chief industries and banks, and helped finance Franco's rebellion...
...composite portrait of the fast-rising heel in Budd Schulberg's novel, What Makes Sammy Run?. Like Sammy, he broke into the movies as a hack scripter. Like Sammy, Jerry has stoked his career with a singleminded ambition, a glib tongue, monumental speed and endurance, a flair for opportunism and an enormous talent for picking other men's brains and putting the pickings to work. Whether a credit to Wald or a reflection on Hollywood, these qualities blend smoothly into the makeup of a first-rate movie producer...