Word: penchants
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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Dungeness Crab. A renegade rock 'n' roller, Darin can make some substantial claims to recognition: he has a pleasant if ordinary voice, a remarkable sense of rhythm and a penchant for carrying tunes, although his knees seem to suffer now and then under the load. He sings rapidly, in a style that could be called 2Oth century Benzedrine, slurring the lyrics of Up a Lazy River or Clementine through lips that move no more than a carny ventriloquist's, while the song seems to be coming out of his left ear. He is versatile. At one moment...
Second string quarterback Leckonby-one of the few lefty quarterbacks around-will probably as a defensive halfback for Single . He is tough, and he has a penchant for intercepting passes...
Marshall and Munnell both have a penchant for either shining or this season. Without some of usual bad luck, they could very take high places. As for Ford: the Raven, "encore, encore...
...past two regattas, the varsity sailing team has exhibited a penchant for the almost-win. If they can turn that tendency into the almost-loss, the Crimson skippers will bring home the silver tomorrow night...
...gone this summer. Instead, Ter-Arutunian has encased the whole proscenium and stage within a surface of giant potato chips. This adequately serves the exotic Mediterranean Bermuda that Shakespeare specified for The Tempest; but it proves less fitting for Tweifth Night. Director Jack London, who has previously shown a penchant for gimmicking up his productions, has really gone 'round the bend this time, and must shoulder almost all the blame. I bet Shakespeare wishes he'd never added the subtitie "or, What You Will" to this play. At any rate, London has turned Tweifth Night into a comedy of errors...