Word: talentedly
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...bestseller, The Italians, a penetrating study of his own people, Author Luigi Barzini noted his countrymen's talent for making a mess of things but doing it with great flair. Last week, as a Liberal (right-wing) Deputy in the National Assembly, Barzini participated in an Italian reversal of form. After 13 days and 20 frustrating ballots in which no one gained a majority, the Assembly finally elected Social Democrat Giuseppe Saragat, 66, President of Italy. "They picked the best man," said Barzini whimsically, "but in the worst possible...
...Edward Albee, he has too sure a talent for blisteringly direct statement and galvanic stage action to waste his time playing an intellectual shell game like Tiny Alice...
...Triennial Coif Award ($1,000) is for legal writing "that evidences creative talent of the highest order." Selected by six leading legal lights, such as Justice Roger J. Traynor of the California Supreme Court, the first recipient is Duke University's shy, witty, brilliant Law Professor Brainerd Currie, 52, author of 1963's Selected Essays on the Conflict of Laws, a seminal, formidable tome that Currie characteristically dedicated "To My Wife, who has suffered more from these essays than any mere reader...
...talent, genius even (maybe). About his films the critics chortle, "a startling metaphysical synthesis," which is intended as praise...
Bright Men. Becoming a first-rate talent agent, he guided names like Jean Arthur, Bette Davis and Errol Flynn to stardom. With Jimmy Stewart he started the phenomenon of stars getting a percentage of the profits. He signed 24-year-old Frank Sinatra with Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer. He began yo-yoing Dore Schary, an obscure writer, around Hollywood and eventually installed him as head...