Word: flair
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Pompidou has, of course, a notable flair for gallantry. But he doubtless had political reasons for speaking when he did. While diminishing his public role, De Gaulle also advised him to remain visible. In six months of relative inactivity, Pompidou had undeniably begun to dim in the public consciousness. To be sure, he is still a Deputy in the National Assembly and the acknowledged though unofficial leader of the Gaullist majority. He has steadfastly supported De Gaulle decisions, most notably by characterizing the recent presidential embargo of Israel as "impeccable." But his present office in a Left Bank apartment house...
...French films have a flair for love, the Italian cinema has a zest for decadence. Most major Italian directors have their own highly personal vision of spiritual and psychological deterioration, whether it be as flamboyant as Fellini's, as operatic as Visconti's or as brooding as Antonioni's. Now Salvatore Samperi, 25, continues the tradition with Grazie Zia, a bit of caustic surrealism that dazzles with the energy of youth while it is disappointing with excesses of inexperience...
...irony of the Post's final nine months under Ackerman is that many of the desperate new departures it had made by that time were improvements. It had oriented itself to more cutting issues, achieved a more youthful flair, and introduced more thoughtful content. But all this came too late. The Post's frenzy of rejuvenation was really a dance of death, and those close to the magazine knew it. The end, said Editor-at-Large Harold Martin, was "like being told that a relative had died after a long incurable illness. There is a certain feeling...
...exactly typical of Italy's industrialists, he is certainly foremost among them. Like Italian architects, film makers and sculptors, Italian industrialists have a certain flair. In the board room as on the opera stage, Italy is a nation of soloists; committee rule is rare, and stock ownership has not yet diminished the powers of owners and operators. Their accomplishments are all the more remarkable because the country is poor in resources, save for the ingenuity, inventiveness and individualism of its managers...
...Miss Cronin doesn't have enough flair to be the proper Albee bitch, the position is adequately filled by Paddy Croft as Mrs. Toothe, the directress of a high class cathouse. Her scenes with her "little flock," most of whom number among Richard and Jenny's neighbors, manage to straddle the opposing tendencies in the play. Added to Richard's amazed discovery of the thousands of dollars his wife has stashed away, she is faced with the fact that the slightly surreal is usually more effective than the sermon...