Word: gusto
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...crowning end of man. The Child Buyer, adapted by Paul Shyre from John Hersey's novel, sees the sedulously cultivated brain as man's perdition. But any resemblance between Shaw and Shyre-Hersey is only thematic. The Shaw comedy is still full of Mozartean eloquence, gusto and grace; the Shyre-Hersey play drones along with tongue-clattering one-note monotony...
Slave Trade in the World Today is an Italian-made documentary that pursues its righteous ends with unseemly gusto. It begins in almost Biblical solemnity, citing the U.N. declaration that "slavery and the slave trade shall be prohibited in all their forms." Next, Novelist Robin Maugham, nephew of Somerset, reports that he himself bought a slave in the Sahara for $105 and set him free. And who is to blame for the traffic in human beings in Africa and the Middle East? Who else but the U.S., which, Maugham says, cares only for her "vast oil interests. Britain does nothing...
...ranch from Minneapolis, clumped gamely along at Johnson's side, wearing a pair of size 1 1 cowboy boots on his size 8 feet and a five-gallon hat on what appeared to be a six-gallon head. Just as manfully, he smacked his lips with great gusto after partaking of barbecued spareribs. The President called for a couple of horses, mounted one, and suggested that Hubert climb aboard the other...
...book gets no lift from Mark Sandrich Jr.'s music-to-yawn-by, and Director-Choreographer Michael Kidd unleashes his dancers only once for some sword and gun play. No one could coax a poor performance out of Robert Preston, but his hard-sell charm, snap and gusto create the curious impression of a history-book minstrel man in whiteface. Still, he could save the show if there was one to save...
McCann counterattacked with gusto. "My opponent started on the high-level campaigner routine," he said. "Before the night is over, I will give him the name of one of his supporters who took it upon himself to be a private investigator and dig into my private life...