Word: temperamental
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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"Regardless of the outcome of the confirmation hearings, the FBI will continue to be one of the great institutions in our democracy. It is not now and will never be subject to political influence. I know this because I know the men and women of the FBI. I know their...
This approach suits the temperament of his star, Debbie Reynolds, who is a model of cool, scrubbed-up efficiency rather reminiscent of the Old Dutch cleanser ads. And does she work! It is as if she were performing some selfless public service that precluded the display of any private pleasure...
Why has Ervin, at 76, rather than more obvious leaders like Senators Mike Mansfield or Ted Kennedy emerged as the enfant terrible of Congress? In part, because of his seniority: his 19 years in the Senate have brought him the appropriate chairmanships. But beyond this, Ervin is known as one...
Two key roles in this Cherry Orchard are miscast, not as to skill, but in terms of temperament. Madame Ra-nevskaya, who cannot bring herself to uproot the orchard and build a housing development, ought to be enveloped in actressy vanity and a flighty inability to cope. Yet Gloria Foster...
Beneath the bantering foolery, the play is warm, affectionate and touching. None of Simon's comedies has been more intimately written out of love and a bone-deep affinity with the theatrical scene and temperament. Simon is helped handsomely by the faultless comic timing of Levene and Albertson, whose...