Word: unaffectedness
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Under discussion is an amendment to bring under the measure Southern states currently unaffected by it. Since the bill, as proposed, applies only to areas where less than half the adult populace was registered or voted last November, and where voter-qualification tests were required, it now affects only seven...
In the serious scenes almost all the actors seem slightly unnatural. Chekhov should be played as plainly as possible. Because of the suggestiveness of the dialogue, it is most effective when spoken in an ordinary unaffected manner. Unfortunately, the actors try so hard to wring emotion out of crucial scenes...
When Avedon lets up on the extreme of technique, he can catch a masterpiece of self-satire such as a group photo of eleven plump, prim, grim general of the Daughters of the American Revolution. His unaffected snap of a drooping, slightly disheveled Marilyn Monroe may be the most psychologically...
William Saroyan's Talking to You is a play of no special merit, but excellent acting and direction make up for the playwright's vapidness. An exuberant, brilliantly unaffected performance by Mel Hopson leads the work of a fine cast, ably directed by David Wheeler.
Sulzberger also appointed White House Correspondent Tom Wicker, 38, as the Times's Washington bureau chief, succeeding James Reston, who asked to be relieved of this duty to devote more time to his column and to developing front-page news. Reston's new title: associate editor. Unaffected by...