Word: swishes
(lookup in dictionary)
(lookup stats)
Dates: during 1960-1969
Sort By: most recent first
(reverse)
...other performances were only slightly less galvanizing. Leland Moss played the queer brother with restraint, wisely letting the text, not phony mannerisms, establish that the characer was a homosexual. An outlandish swish would have been out of balance with the other performances, all on the quiet side, but Moss might have been a bit more peevish and shrill in his woman-hating moments. Kenneth McBain gave a controlled and droll performance as Mr. Sloane, not perhaps as sinister as he should be, but always the master of his accent and his deadpan. The four actors were acting well together...
...fingers across his own neck-"you may have no throat. I am going to continue to work hard for a socialist society. There is enough here for everyone, but we must learn to share it equally." Did the President have any travel plans? "Yes," snapped Sukarno with a swish of his silver-mounted swagger stick, "I am going to the moon." That drew a wry rejoinder from Foreign Minister Adam Malik, seated near by. "It is impossible," said Malik. "I have not approved his visa." Malik, roared Sukarno, was quite "a jokester...
From that time on, Brandeis grew steadily worse, the fans grew tired from the plethora of fouls -- 50 in all -- and Harvard began to swish at will. The Crimson finished with a superb 60 per cent field goal percentage, to a poor 38 per cent for the home team. HARVARD The Scoring FG F T Gallagher 7 7 21 Royer 6 3 15 Dressler 4 4 12 Grate 4 1 9 Beller 1 5 7 Johnson 2 3 7 Kanuth 2 0 4 Bailey 2 0 4 Mankowski 1 1 3 Griswold 1 0 2 Waickowski 0 1 1 Total...
...several varieties of homosexuals that the heterosexual world lumps together but that "feel an irrepressible loathing for one another." Today in the U.S., there are "mixed" bars where all homosexuals, male and female, are persona grata; "cuff-linky" bars that cater to the college and junior-executive type; "swish" bars for the effeminates and "hair fairies" with their careful coiffures; "TV" bars, which cater not to television fans but to transvestites; "leather" bars for the tough-guy types with their fondness for chains and belts; San Francisco's new "Topless Boys" discotheques, featuring bare-chested entertainers. San Francisco...
Conformism was out--so they served martinis in brandy snifters. "Something a MAN can hold onto, and swish around. Nothing effeminate around here," the PR man said. Maybe the idea will catch on, and no home will be complete without a glass, plus contents...