Word: leans
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...year-old lioness in The Lion in Winter, to the steely title role in Giraudoux's Judith. Her voice is all champagne in the comedies, darkens to cognac in the heavier roles. She is a body actress, ruling the stage with grace and power and actually seeming to lean into her lines...
...scenes recall the excitement that surrounded the incantatory recitals of Dylan Thomas. Crowds of youngsters usually scrounge for extra tickets, and in the auditoriums, rows of standees lean against the walls. Yevgeny Yevtushenko, 33, Russia's principal poet, has been touring the U.S. for four weeks, with stops at New York, Buffalo and Pittsburgh, while the latest collection of his verse is in the bookstores...
...will probably be a shade high. As for the other Mustang-like new car, Mercury has sold 12,500 Cougars so far, and supplies are so short that any Cougars in dealers' hands are practically nailed to the floor. Almost the entire industry's inventory is healthily lean, running to an average 33-day supply. Glaring exception: American Motors, whose Ambassador is at 57 days' supply and Rambler American 87 days (including leftover '66 models...
...Romney, after four years in office, is still something of an unknown factor. He looks the part of a President and, as a devout Mormon, is morally about as upright as a candidate can be. But even those who lean toward him are not sure that he has the depth for the job, and some express concern over his tendency toward sanctimoniousness. One gag has an aide telling Romney, as the two emerge from a meeting, "Beautiful day, Governor." Romney's reply: "Thank you." Over the next 20 months, the undecided Republicans will be studying his performance with microscopic care...
...quieted a local official introduced Kennedy, shyly, as though the very act of introduction was a mark of disrespect. The senator walked forward. A less literal age would have declared that the women, youngest to oldest, swooned when he appeared. Perhaps they did not swoon, but they did lean forward, and clap and some just laughed...