Word: froid
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...well: it is simply that she is more consciously literary than most of the other detective story writers . . ." Despite Wilson's judgment, Sayers and Lord Peter Wimsey, her witty sleuth, have become two of the most beloved figures in detective fiction. An engaging mix of upper-class sang-froid and Sherlockian intellect, Wimsey set new standards in highbrow snooping. As viewers of the PBS series can testify, only Wimsey would drive a Daimler to the scene of the crime, sport a monocle, and dine out with marquesses and murderers...
Sullivan's sang-froid was characteristic; he is known in diplomatic circles as a self-assured salesman of policy, cool under stress and adroit at coping with diplomatic delicacies. "I think he's got water for blood," says Eugene Lawson, a former State Department colleague who is now a director at Georgetown University's foreign service school. "He's a collected, shrewd guy who always seems to land on his feet...
...reveal that they have facial expressions in their repertoire other than the gaping, cow-like look of innocence that pervaded until then. Both actors begin to exhibit a fair amount of talent. Katt in particular allows his character to excogitate about the changes Elgin is undergoing with enough sang-froid to indicate that the soccer hero is gaining some perspective on life...
...Baden, she learned of his more than academic interest in the roulette wheel. He would lapse into an irrational, compulsive fever and spend all their money on a system of betting for which. Anna observed, he lacked the sang froid to execute successfully. But Anna saw that any attempt to condemn his mania would be useless--instead, she used it to her own advantage. Whenever he was tense, distraught, or ill-humored, she would encourage him to go to the casino. Inevitably he would return, unhappy with his losses--emotionally drained and much easier to deal with...
...route taken by Jules Verne's Phileas Fogg. (Fifteen years ago, Perelman wrote the film script for the Mike Todd spectacular.) Perelman's traveling companion was not Passepartout but a 6-ft. 1-in. "toothsome cupcake" named Sally-Lou Claypool. Aboard H.M.S. Choleria, 19th century British sang-froid bunks amiably with the 20th century cynicism of a hornswoggled American tourist...