Word: savoir
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...excellent gunman and a fairly creditable crook, has yet to write poetry. Indeed his muse is not sufficiently--to use his own words--distillate. In fact one might even believe murder detrimental to that divine something which breeds noble rime. But then again there is Francois Villon. Modernity lacks savoir faire even the rogues are prosaic...
From the French of Alfred Savoir her new play is taken. Again she seems to have chosen unwisely...
...yourself you can read the title and figure out the theme. Waiters and grand duchesses are not normally companions. When they are you wonder why. Alfred Savoir attempts to answer the interrogation. Only in one act is his reply amusing...
...common characteristic is possession of a savoir faire that scarcely ever deserts its owner in the face of any situation and that enables him to act calmly in defiance of whatever visceral sensations he may be experiencing. The average American interprets this savoir faire as snobbery; in reality it is merely a thicker crust of sophistication than most of us posses. But if there is anything that can be said to be typical of Harvard it is this very attitude of refusing to be surprised at or by Life, of giving that impression that the boy has already lived everything...
...savoir faire of Lord Robert Cecil in reprimanding " Lord Stephen...