Word: flair
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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Wayne Lyman Morse proudly records in the Congressional Directory that he was once a professor of "argumentation." For the past 23 years, his flair for public argy-bargy has persuaded Oregon's voters to keep him in the U.S. Senate-even while he performed his maverick metempsychoses from Republican to independent in 1952 and from independent to Democrat in 1954. This year for the first time, the professor very nearly lost his podium...
...number three doubles Hindert and Peter Nash quickly destroyed all illusions of victory. Exhibiting the same effervescence and flair which has made these two one of the East's most feared tandems, Hindert and Nash nevertheless dropped a heartbreaker...
...mentioned that Mr. Beck, one of the solider citizens of the clan, is leading the way these evenings at Agassiz. His decision to turn director encounters none of the flak that has struck dead certain other undergraduate actors with that bent. Instead he demonstrates an honest to God flair for it and you frequently notice his nimble fingers fudging nimbly over some intrinsic flaw among the raw materials. Performers who might otherwise not belong on stage make good on Mr. Beck's stage, and that's no mean tribute...
...largely seen through computer monitors. The idea is simple and effective, and extraordinarily well filmed; the initial shot of the rebel, THX 1138 4EB, running toward the camera of a closed-circuit television instantly evokes a gut empathetic reaction, and the color and opticals (dissolves mostly) are employed with flair and discipline. If it all seems insubstantial when it's over, at least Lucas has made a valid stylistic exercise from a serviceable cinematic premise...
...hardest, but also the most necessary quality for a performer to attain. It was only in the Britten, where Miss Wilsen did not have to struggle with a less-than-familiar language, that her performance got off the ground and even ended the program with a lively, humorous flair. All in all it was an admirable maiden recital and I am sure those who were there look forward to hearing from Miss Wilsen again...