Word: manner
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...occupiers, the Israelis have sur prised the Arabs by treating them in a civilized, if firm, manner. They have, in return, won the Arabs' grudging toleration, if not their full cooperation...
...literally feasted on his exploits, as revealed to "Our Own Correspondent" by his 24-year-old son (in London), his third wife (in Tunisia), and former colleagues (sometimes identified only as "X") on practically every continent except Antarctica. Last week Philby went on display in Moscow, almost in the manner of the czar's crown jewels...
There were, of course, other ways to measure the importance of Graffman's concert. Now at 39, he has slowly but persistently emerged as the top American pianist in his age group. His plat form manner is nononsense, but at the peak of his form he stirs poetry, fire and steel into whatever he plays. At a time when most younger American per formers make their loudest noise in the flashier side of the repertory -Prokofiev, Bartok, Liszt and the more extroverted Chopin - Graffman has matured into a musician able to challenge Europe's best in the more...
...their next meeting, however, he takes her to a hotel and begins the affair in earnest. As the summer drifts on, Benjamin's parents begin to worry about his listless manner. They arrange a date with an old school chum (Katharine Ross) who has but one fault: she is Mrs. Robinson's daughter. Benjamin confesses all, the girl runs back to campus, and her mother arranges a marriage of inconvenience in order to keep the couple apart. In the final reel, Benjamin revs up his psyche and his Alfa Romeo and heads for Santa Barbara to break...
...bril-liantined black hair; he even appears to have "the stunted legs that seemed grotesquely inadequate to the grownup bulk they supported." Scott Wilson, as Dick, has the "long-jawed and narrow face tilted, the left side rather lower than the right," and the "American-style, good-kid" manner that can bounce a check or a baseball with equal ease. It is their performances that lift the film from documentary competence to near brilliance. In the end, the actors have become the criminals, understandable if not forgivable, and Perry's last words, "I'd like to apologize...