Word: spunk
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...theme of the play Applause, a study of theater people in the context of musical comedy. It demands a resourceful cast, for the book by itself renders a potentially compelling drama almost trivial. Scenes seem disjointed and sometimes limp; and the pithy remarks that could add some spunk, are scarce. Moreover, characterizations range only from shallow to hollow. Strouse's and Adams's collaboration on the music and lyrics, while adequate, is certainly not up to par with their Bye Bye Birdie. The score is plagued by a monotonous '60s rhythm and bogged down by four reprises. Music Director KenKatz...
...last November would not prevent him from enjoying one of his favorite sports, Father Edward M. Kennedy fitted out Teddy with special equipment. Ski Instructor Blair Ammons taught him to schuss all over again, using poles fitted with small runners for great maneuverability and balance. Praising Teddy's spunk and skill, Ammons said, "Quite frankly, his one leg fatigues less easily than both of mine...
Over Here, after all, gives us back the surviving Andrews sisters, Maxene and Patty, who despite their thickening middle age perform with a certain agreeable spunk and a vast desire to please. But theirs is a conjuring act: their voices, coarsened with years, merely point to their original sound; what will be applauded is the memory...
...those accomplishments were long past, the Trumanesque spunk and will that produced them were evident right up to the end. After a tenacious 22-day struggle in Kansas City's Research Hospital and Medical Center (see MEDICINE), the nation's 33rd President died, at 88, from what doctors officially termed "organic failures causing a collapse of the cardiovascular system." Truman had detested Richard Nixon for years after the 1952 campaign, when Nixon implied that Truman might be treasonously soft on Communism, but the feud was since mended. Now Nixon proclaimed a 30-day period of national mourning...
...possesses spunk, stamina and en durance, but she lacks the strength of parity. She can pose no threat to the male. Instead she invites his strong protective arm, defusing the competitive antagonisms aroused by equal rights and countervailing power...