Word: knacks
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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Happened In. It was Mike Nichols, the director, who put Harry up on the railing. Nichols deals in exaggerated probabilities, and his touch has made hits of all three plays he has directed so far-The Knack, Barefoot in the Park and Luv. He may be one of the more gifted and promising new directors to take his place in the American theater since Elia Kazan left Constantinople...
ANTHONY NEWLEY: IN MY SOLITUDE (RCA Victor). British Actor Anthony Newley has a rare knack: he sings about love without sounding either slick or lovesick. His diction is equal to his conviction, and he may well corner the more sophisticated heart market. Even tired songs (I See Your Face Before Me, For All We Know, The Party's Over) sound fresh...
...goes. Some of these men will, under Johnson's blandishments, change their minds. But more important is the fact that Johnson has no knack for getting or keeping good staffers around him. Last week he called on Washington Lawyer Clark Clifford, who helped Harry Truman and Jack Kennedy in the White House, for advice and assistance on the staff situation...
Call Him Hardnose. Parseghian enrolled at the University of Akron, spent two wartime years in the Navy: then back to football he went, this time at Miami of Ohio, a small school with an uncanny knack for producing big-time coaches?Army's Earl Blaik and Paul Dietzel, Ohio State's Woody Hayes, the pros' Paul Brown, Weeb Ewbank and Sid Gillman. In 1947, a solid 190-lb. halfback, Ara led the Redskins to an undefeated season, won All-America mention and a pro tryout with the Cleveland Browns...
Ernest Dahlman Jr. has rare scholarly attributes: a tenacious memory, a sense of judgment, a knack for making fast decisions, a willingness to study hard, and a near-perfect attendance record...