Word: flair
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...Flaherty knows bad movies too; as Count Floyd, the seedy late-night host on the old SCTV comedy show, he used to introduce dreck like Dr. Tongue's 3-D House of Stewardesses. Playing the incompetent mad scientist in Maniac Mansion, Flaherty again shows a flair for sweet dimwittedness. Another SCTV veteran, Eugene Levy, is co-creator of this twisted update of The Addams Family, which was inspired by, of all things, a computer game...
...first book, a collection of 13 short stories, Walter Kirn demonstrates a flair for opening sentences. He understands the allure of the odd: "The whole way down to Phoenix in the car, my job was to tranquilize the dog." He knows firearms are likely to arouse interest: "Luckily, I had a gun hidden away." And he senses that puzzlements invite curiosity: "He'd always liked motels even better than sleeping at home -- they provided the essentials and left a man to himself; but in New York City they'd only have hotels, and Clarence Dahlgren felt confused...
...summa graduate of Harvard, William F. Weld--of Weld Hall fame--combines the tasteful aristocratic flair of the president with his deeply conservative opposition to government spending. Also like George, William used his political connections to gain access to jobs that have brought him a wealth of managerial experience...
...Boylston Hall bears a striking resemblance to the most fashionable Madison Avenue boutiques. The looming headquarters of the Romance Languages and Literature Department is allegedly the home of some of Harvard's best-dressed professors and graduate students. Its cross-cultural intellectuals have earned a reputation for blending European flair with American practicality to produce a look that is 100 percent Boylston...
Critics claim that under Bradlee's successor, Leonard Downie Jr., the paper that broke the Watergate scandal has lost its acerbic flair. -- Israel pays reporters to write progovernment stories...