Word: flair
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...morning last week, and loosed a brisk spiel about the merits of a 1951 Buick sedan. No man to shun the public eye or ear, youthful (32) Governor Clement-who is considered likely to run against Estes Kefauver for the senatorial nomination next year-was lending his oratorical flair to the auction of 44 state-owned automobiles. Reason: during his campaign for the Democratic gubernatorial nomination last summer, Lawyer Clement had pointed a shaming finger at the well-wheeled Gordon Browning administration and promised: "In my administration, no state commissioner will ride in a car above the level...
...have been led by the veteran Tullio Serafin, 74. But Serafin was ill at his home in Italy. Until a fortnight ago Schippers had never had Ravel's score in his hands, but he is what is known in the heater as a quick study. With his flair for the modern and his incisive baton technique, Schippers came through fine. Ravels music sparkled, and the cast matched it with high-spirited singing and acting...
Also, she was smart, knew Washington and the intricacies of bureaucracy from a hitch in the U.S. Information Service, and had a flair for leadership. She helped set up the Marine Corps' first boot camp for women, at Hunter College, New York. After that she commanded a battalion, and served on the staff of the general in command at Quantico. When the war ended, she was 29 years old, a major, and was commanding 2,600 lady marines (as many as are on active duty in the whole corps today) at the Marine Air Station at Cherry Point...
...Neil and Barbara Knauff were fine in the leading roles. As a team they displayed a high flair for comedy, and they sang with careful elocution and pleasant voices. Marshall Pihl and Barbara Williams led an excellent supporting cast. And don't forget the kickline...
...newsmen, and his Manhattan firm of Steve Hannagan Associates made millions getting the public better acquainted with such clients as Miami Beach, the Union Pacific Railroad, Coca-Cola, Owens-Illinois Glass, the Indianapolis Speedway and 30-odd others. It was Steve Hannagan-a pressagent with an unabashed circus flair-who made the bathing girl a stock shot for the American press, and who persuaded newspaper readers that Prizefighter Gene Tunney was really a Shakespearean scholar...