Word: matchlessly
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...Regrettably, O'Hara also reports that he is working on his heftiest novel yet (previous record: 897 pages in From the Terrace), apparently ignoring the fact that his jumbo works are not as good as his short ones. The outstanding qualities of these stories are matchless dialogue and-since there is much that dialogue cannot express directly-an attractive measure of reticence...
...Barbera, 47, who was born and raised in Brooklyn, had drifted among the big-time animation mills-Terry Toons, Looney Toons, Merry Melodies-before they came together at Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer in 1937. There they created the most exciting mano a mano in the history of film cartoons-matchless Tom and Jerry. For 18 years they manipulated the big cat and the little mouse for MGM's critical and financial profit, year after year sat mousily at home uninvited while some fat cat stepped forward to accept Tom and Jerry Academy Awards (seven...
Neither did the enthusiasm created by songs inspire the audience to work for disarmament. As a device for solidifying a group music, particularly folk music, is matchless. But it is best used for sustaining a mood of focussed activism; rarely, if ever, can music by itself ignite such a mood. On picket lines, song kept emotions taut; but hatred of management--and desire to unionize--was present long before the strikers learned their union songs...
...Crossroads. In its first Manhattan week, the Royal Ballet proved again that in such romantic ballets as Sleeping Beauty and Swan Lake it is matchless in the West. At 41, jewel-like Prima Ballerina Margot Fonteyn is one year beyond the age at which it was once rumored she would retire. But she exhilarated audiences with her fluid, exquisite enchaine-ment and her seemingly gravity-free grace, though purists insisted they detected a slight falling-off from the sureness of her performance in New York three years ago. Later in the week the troupe unpacked La Fille Mai Gard...
...matchless cigarette. To be marketed in December by Continental Tobacco Co., it has a tasteless, odorless "flame tip," which ignites when scratched against the side of a pack...