Word: peevishly
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...same feminine peevish tone Morris proposes that Zachariah substitute a pen-pal correspondence with Ethel for his former carousing. Zachariah (James Spruill, a Boston University Fellow and director of the New African Company), only leers good-naturedly at the suggestion, Ethel: sixteen, white, and well-developed. Though wiser than Morris in knowing that dialogue does not replace sensual aspirations, in furrow-browed innocence Zachariah sees no reason why he should fear making it directly with his white...
...attract his attention, such as smashing a store window to steal an enormous tuba which she totes around, and breaking a rib so that he can prescribe bed rest-in his bed. While Julie does her sleekly sexy best with Petulia, Scott never once loses his look of peevish disgruntlement, possibly because he doesn't even get the girl...
...Shore is a former research chief for the Labor Party who first began helping Wilson in 1955. An economist (as is Wilson), Shore becomes the youngest member of the Cabinet. In the past, he was eager to nationalize more British industry; as an M.P., he even introduced a somewhat peevish bill to compel company directors to divulge their incomes. But Shore's current prescription for economic uplift is hard to fault. Last week he was touting "the three Rs"-"Reorganizing industry, getting rid of weakness; Retraining, getting more skilled people; Re-equipment, getting better machinery...
...galvanizing. Leland Moss played the queer brother with restraint, wisely letting the text, not phony mannerisms, establish that the characer was a homosexual. An outlandish swish would have been out of balance with the other performances, all on the quiet side, but Moss might have been a bit more peevish and shrill in his woman-hating moments. Kenneth McBain gave a controlled and droll performance as Mr. Sloane, not perhaps as sinister as he should be, but always the master of his accent and his deadpan. The four actors were acting well together on Friday night and were probably...
...many of his suburban Washington, D.C., acquaintances in the 1950s, Morris Louis Bernstein was simply a peevish, chain-smoking, introverted art teacher. About all the world knew was that he was married to a high school principal, never discussed what he was doing during the eleven hours and more a day that he spent in his studio. One of the few painters who gained admission to his inner sanctum reported with awe, "There isn't a goddam brush in the place." Nonetheless, under his painting name of Morris Louis, Bernstein gained a reputation in Manhattan art circles. Since...