Word: geniality
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...BOTTOM LINE: A genial, expertly played political comedy proves that the spirit of Mr. Smith still lives...
...blend of music and motion. The weirdly soothing, polylingual background score, which could be elevator music at a harmonious U.N., rolls out a verdant carpet of sound for all the pretty beasts to strut on. At every moment, in every corner of the Cirque world, stagecraft approaches genial witchcraft. It's an out-of-Broadway experience...
Because of their big brains, genial smiles and noble foreheads, dolphins have long attracted human champions quite willing to credit the marine mammals with all sorts of higher mental abilities. To a hard-nosed scientist, however, the noble forehead is a housing for sonar gear, the upturned smile is an adaptation that makes it easier for the animal to scoop up fish, and it is open to question for what purposes the animal uses its large brain. Herman and others working with animals have been criticized for using linguistic terms like word or syntax when some cruder system may describe...
...play my saxophone a lot, sometimes when I was angry but usually when I was lonely," Clinton told Mister Rogers during the Salute to Children. "I could play for hours and hours and hours, and I wouldn't be lonely anymore." While turning confession into anecdote, he displays a genial sincerity. It is said that the two hardest phrases for an actor to make convincing are "I believe in God" and "I love you." Clinton can do both and make them sound true. Maybe they are. That's part of the unfolding drama: to see if this Era of Good...
Mike Tyson wears that number now as a guest of the Indiana penal system, after being convicted for raping a teenage beauty-pageant contestant. In doing so, the heavyweight ex-champ forever damaged the genial stud image of star athletes and threatened to give boxing an even blacker eye. Evander Holyfield, the titleholder in Tyson's absence, had a Mr. Olympia physique but the charisma of a C.P.A. -- until November, when he fought challenger Riddick Bowe. Holyfield lost the decision, but in standing up to Bowe's horrifying piston punches he proved himself the champ Tyson could never...