Word: masterfulness
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...didn't return to films until 1949, and then in a small role in a B picture called Impact. As the hero's housekeeper she is mostly mute and still, a piece of antique statuary, hoarding secrets in deference to her good master. When she speaks, it's in tortuous translations from the pseudo-Cantonese ("It is the hope that Su Lin was of small help to Mr. Williams"), Eleven years later she was another housekeeper in the Ross Hunter production Portrait in Black, this time supporting Anthony Quinn, who had done small roles in her late-30s Paramount films...
Leverett House Master Howard Georgi ’68 could not be reached for comment yesterday...
...even when all is well, his collection was devoid of angst or melancholy. Lacroix seemed to delight in showing off his artisans' skill with feather petticoats, elaborate embroideries and lace appliqus--all the details that are so costly and integral to couture. He showed his hand as a master colorist, trotting out unexpected combinations like a sari-style chiffon gown in grapefruit hues of pink and yellow, trimmed in turquoise, or pieces in pastel blues set off with deep, rich black-currant-colored velvet trim. He even resurrected his signature '80s silhouette, the pouf skirt. "I feel serene...
What impressed people as "calm" was really a presidential strength: control. Carson was the master of the small gesture, and he would figuratively disarm himself by resting his hands in his pockets. That only made him stronger. He could hold us with both hands literally behind his back. His next-to-last program--on which he teared up as Bette Midler serenaded him with One for My Baby (and One More for the Road)--was one of his most memorable but least characteristic, because we almost saw him let loose the reins...
According to Quincy House Master Robert P. Kirshner ’70, who e-mailed a series of statistics to the house, freshmen tired of Annenberg make up about nine percent of all Quincy diners. “That’s a lot of Freshones,” he wrote...