Word: talker
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...town's businessmen found him good company and a good talker-even able to discuss the ups & downs of the St. Louis Cardinals. And he picked up poker fast. Says one card crony: "He's too reckless to be a good player. But he sure puts a lot of life in a game." He also kept his ties with Paris, went there almost every summer and brought back both new scores and new art. St. Louisans soon learned to take pride in his collection of contemporary art which includes, among other things, some two dozen Picassos...
...degrees off course, past plain landmarks ashore. No one had asked the Fathometer operator for a sounding; the radar plotter had never sent his shoalwater reports to the bridge. When the executive officer tried to send a message from the main navigation bridge four decks below, the enlisted "talker" was unable to find anyone to listen...
Specialists. In St. Louis, Piatt & Smillie Chemicals Inc. ran a want ad: "Salesman: expert driver, talker, liar, hunter, dancer, traveler, bridge player, poker player . . . capitalist . . . and authority on palmistry, chemistry and physiology," which drew replies from 83 applicants...
Take Popcorn. At 61, Arp himself is as sharp as his work is bland. Born in Strasbourg, he has lived largely in Switzerland, Germany and France, was visiting Manhattan for the first time last week. A cultivated and witty talker, he seized on a bowl of popcorn to illustrate his working methods to reporters. "I begin with something like this," he explained, delicately selecting a kernel and gazing at it through tortoise-shell glasses. "I see just what expression it takes and develop that. Now this little bump here looks like a branch. Turn it around and we have...
...second daughter married a radical, a good talker. Tevye poked fun at his son-in-law's ideas, but when his daughter followed her husband to exile Tevye was secretly proud. "Those daughters of mine -when they fall in love ... it is with their heads and hearts, their bodies and souls...