Word: skillfulness
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...produced by New Stages, Inc.) reached Broadway from Paris via Greenwich Village. Produced in February by a Village group only founded in October, The Respectful Prostitute throve so well in a bandbox that it is now tackling the big time. There it may thrive, too, thanks about equally to skill and sensationalism...
...professional actor for 25 of his 27 years, Mickey Rooney has grown into a performer of considerable skill. In times past, he has been one of Hollywood's biggest box-office attractions. But he obviously cannot go through life playing Andy Hardy. (Says Mickey: "Let's face it. ... I'm practically an old roué.") Since his release from the Army two years ago, Mickey's future as a movie star has been problematical...
...which was formerly called a 'line' but which each generation dubs with a new name. The 'line' is an individual variation of a commonly accepted pattern which is considered to be representative of a facet of a man's personality. . . . The girl's skill consists in parrying the 'line' without discouraging her partner or becoming emotionally involved herself. To the extent that she falls for the 'line' she is a loser in this intricate game; but if she discourages her partner so much that he does not request a subsequent...
...Soviet Union"; that "this party has neither the organizational structure, basic philosophy, nor support of organized labor"; and that historical record dooms to failure "all attempts to build a political party from the top around a particular individual." Reuther holds out hopes and dramatizes them with consummate skill. The results are limited only by the extent of his access to the public...
Both Thompson works on the second half of the program gave the Glee Club and Choral Society, excellent opportunity to display the skill, precision, and wonderfully clear diction which have placed them at the top of amateur choral groups in the country...