Word: knacks
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...They Live? As his experience increased, Glueck developed an almost infallible knack for finding sites of ancient communities. First he looked for springs or waterholes. In that dusty land, every source of water is sure to attract settlers. He also followed the trails of modern Bedouins. "The coun try has not changed," he says, "so they still use the same paths that were followed in ancient times." He kept asking himself how they lived. "Were there caravan routes going through? You have to have a good reason for each settlement...
...plan for Lafayette Square, which Warnecke conceived over a weekend after his talk with Kennedy, shows the same knack for accepting traditional forms without violating the tenets of modern architecture. Unveiled in October 1962 with Jackie Kennedy's blessing, it cuts down the size of the proposed Government buildings and places them in the background. Moreover, the new buildings will wear bay windows and be faced with dark brick or granite to match the tone of the square...
Back-Scratching. Born in the squalid red-light district of Mexico City to a French immigrant father and a Mexican mother, Trouyet began as an office boy in a bank. He made his way up through stock brokerage with a knack for winning important friends. Making himself useful to other like-minded coyotes-including Banker Anibal de Iturbide and Insurance King Manuel Senderos-Trouyet cut them in on his deals, in turn was let in on theirs. Last year he persuaded Textile Tycoon Je-ronimo Arango Sr. to join him in buying a 55% stake in the big old Orizaba...
Jackie Kennedy does want to be first, has worked hard to stay there. Both she and Jack have a rare zest for parties, and she has an even rarer knack for making them click. She is a perfectionist who frets over floral settings and menus for even the smallest dinners, but the big ones bring out the best in her. Her extravaganzas are the talk of the Western world-a sunset cruise down the Potomac for 138, a floodlit lawn party at Mount Vernon, a roomtul of Nobel laureates waltzing over the parquet White House floors...
...Theatre Company of Boston is currently demonstrating why Ann Jellicoe's The Knack has never before been performed in America: not even fine performances from all four of the actors involved save this dull comedy...