Word: trait
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...wide development of the Debate Council's activities, especially in the houses, during the past year. The articles on faculty promotion and tutorial, while poorly written, are good ideas. The feature on the theatre, best-written of all, is commendable for its vigorous criticism of the University--a refreshing trait in a publication traditionally noted for uncritical praise. A few spelling errors, however, mar the article, which both deteriorates in style and becomes redundant toward...
...think TIME'S [March 12] observation that Olivier-Richard's cold-bloodedness fails to win him sympathy doth miss the mark. Richard's ingratiating trait is his impish wickedness, his gleeful lack of conscience; he acts less with malice than with roguish dedication, so that his audience, in delighted horror, wonders just what the old boy will contrive next...
...hecklers' favorite this season has been Harry Batchelder of Brown, Batchelder, like Bagnall, has spent a lot of time on the bench after playing at Watson. Batchelder's endearing trait was his complete absorption in the heckler's taunts. In the trade, he is known as a "shaper," a goalie who makes unnecessary saves and motions, playing with an artistic flourish in an effort to please the crowd...
...manner of the tenor Gigli. There is no doubt that she is a true diva; even her faults are majestic. Her voice is accustomed to soaring over an orchestra, and the bare accompaniment of a piano could not hide her steely, shrill quality at full voice, another common trait of Italian sopranos...
Bottled-up emotions seem to be the most common personality trait of hypertensive people. More women than men suffer from the disorder. Although often gentle and apparently easygoing, they are filled with aggressive drives that they tightly restrain because of a need to please. Inwardly tense and suspicious, they are "mobilized for combat, but do not engage in it against the pertinent adversary." Many of them suffer from migraine headaches and other side symptoms. As children, they were frustrated...