Word: impish
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Dates: during 2000-2009
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...Administration despite being, respectively, a fierce political opponent of the President's and a Republican. Upon arrival, Clinton showed passionate intent to reform long-neglected foreign aid programs, a non-headline-grabbing crusade that is essential to the military's counterinsurgency strategy; Gates took on wasteful weapons systems with impish glee and thereby placed emphasis where it always should be - on the troops...
...when shooting for the film began, deserves special praise for his expressive portrayal of Max, convincingly presenting him as both obnoxious brat and benevolent dictator. Max emerges as a much more nuanced and developed character in the film than his literary counterpart. He is less impish and more thoughtful, and he experiences a more profound realization at the movie’s end. The creation and destruction of the home is a recurring motif. Max is seen building forts, igloos, and king’s quarters, but none of these endure or give him the safety he seeks. Likewise...
Ricky Gervais must know he's cute. Cute like the grinning kid in the back row of a sixth-grade classroom, smiling at the teacher as he mutters a rude observation about how she looks from behind. He's cartoon-animal round and ingratiatingly impish. Yet Gervais, in films and on TV, keeps harping on his diminutive stature and lack of a heroic jawline. He might almost be begging for the viewer to reply, "No, you're not at all tremendously unattractive. The word for you, Ricky, would be cute...
...former Hollywood film producer, Dominick was a creature of parties and a confessed name-dropper. With his horn-rimmed glasses and wonderful suits, he personified the word dapper, but there was an almost impish quality about him too. He made friends with everybody and wanted to know about every little thing. The last time we spoke, he told me about being in a hospital with Farrah Fawcett and how brave she was. Even on his deathbed, his curiosity was insatiable...
Cameron is petite, her curly brown hair is pulled back in a ponytail. She flashes an impish smile. A silver “S” dangles from the black cord around her neck, near a dark smudge where she constantly holds her violin...