Word: poseur
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...into this hand, so unmistakably the limp and clammy hand of an effeminate curate, that little boys were to put theirs trustingly .. . This was the pietistic poseur-the very spit of every disgusting little 'teacher's pet' . . . that we were to take as the earthly evidence of what The Everlasting God is like...
...years, went to court in Manhattan and gave a new publishing firm (Allen, Towne & Heath, Inc.) a blazing sendoff on its very first book. Title: Koussevitzky. Author: ex-Boston Music Critic Moses Smith. The maestro sued to stop publication. The book, he complained, "describes me as ... incompetent . . . brutal ... a poseur . . . attacks my integrity . . . impugns my loyalty and slanders a lifetime of work." Besides, complained the maestro, it might spoil the sale of a literary project of his own: the Koussevitzky autobiography...
...never finds out whether or not these suspicions are justified. Husband Grant is such an accomplished liar, poseur and likable bad boy that he fools everybody, including himself. The climax comes when he motors her to her family home for a rest. On a cliff by the sea he apparently tries to shove her out of the car. After convincing her that he was only trying to keep her from falling out of the car, they turn around and head home...
...hungry Italian immigrant, he had become the most extensively worshiped matinee idol in the history of the theater. His kindred feeling for Juan Gallardo made the matador's tragedy seem real. His performance produced a character who was a shining, dominant personality in the arena, a vulgar poseur...