Word: smoothness
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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Razzle-Dazzle. Reporters, pollsters and politicos who had predicted a narrow Humphrey victory (although most had hedged their bets in the last days by noting a Kennedy campaign surge) cast about for explanations. There were several in sight. The smooth, battle-proven Kennedy organization had never worked more efficiently. Most West Virginians thought that the Kennedy moneybags had been used not to buy the election ("We're running for President, not for sheriff," snorted a Kennedy aide) but to finance a razzle-dazzle, all-out fight. In the last 72 hours Kennedy poured out $40,000 for radio...
...Patterson is sleepy-eyed, smooth-muscled and filled with the melancholy of defeat. Over and over, he relives in his mind the third round of his fight in Yankee Stadium last June 26, when a series of Johansson right-hands made him the ex-champ. "I don't remember going out." says Patterson. "When I heard the referee say 'neutral corner,' I thought I'd knocked Ingemar out. Then I got up and started to talk and I had this pain in the back of my head and I'd have laid odds that...
...metaphorists of high fashion made the whole thing sound startling, fragile and very expensive: "Suddenly, with clothes going soft and guileful," cried Vogue, "the beauty aspect is changing from cosy-natural to smooth-as-sapphire." Harper's Bazaar personified it in a Golden Girl: "Blithe spirit, her skin the beige of beaches," dressed in "14-carat comfort, 14-carat chic." What was exciting them was the new effort to add elegance to the casual look of the American woman. Sportswear for milady has never been more abundant, more nearly priced for every pocketbook, more durable, or made more suitable...
...first-rate cast under Conductor Peter Herman Adler, Bass Cesare Siepi was superb as the don, his voice smooth and resonant, his acting a marvel of revealing, reflex-quick responses to the camera's eye. In one of the opera's musical high points, the Act I love duet of Giovanni and Zerlina (Soprano Judith Raskin), Siepi gave his mahogany tones a range of inflections-ardor, indignation, surprise-that told the viewer in the twist of a phrase everything about the don he needed to know. Less effective than Siepi dramatically, Negro Soprano Leontyne Price sang the role...
...Harvard Law School graduate, was General Tire's treasurer until 1950, when he left to study for the Roman Catholic priesthood. He abandoned his studies and returned in 1955 as chief financial adviser and overseer of the company's expansion and diversification. New President Jerry, nicknamed "Smooth" by his brothers for his personality and business savvy, has been his father's executive assistant since 1951, has pioneered the expansion into the chemical and plastics fields. Even more expansion is necessary if W.O. is to prevent his 25 grandchildren (16 boys, nine girls) from scrapping with each other...