Word: unaffectedness
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The link between Ellington and his genius is Gregory Hines, a supernova of a performer with formidable gifts. Whether he is dancing, singing or flaying and feathering the drums, Hines has a sly, unaffected good humor that winningly permeates the evening and the show.
The Thatcher style of leadership "has mellowed a bit," says one Cabinet minister with whom she often disagrees sharply. However, she still tends to dominate discussions among her inner circle, and Cabinet ministers, particularly those who do not share her views, grouse about her overlong lectures and lack of humor...
Diplomats in Managua are divided on whether Sandinistas would win an election today, but in fact there will be no elections until 1985 at the earliest. Peasants and workers have been largely unaffected by the Sandinistas' attempts to consolidate their eroding political base by imposing media censorship, harassing opposition...
A5 the hostage story neared its climax, network anchormen displayed uncharacteristic tension. Citing an Agence France-Presse report at 10:23 a.m. that a plane was taxiing on the runway at Tehran airport, CBS's Dan Rather snapped that the wire service had been "a pillar of inaccuracy." Minutes...
If you cannot quarrel with the figures, you can certainly pick a fight with the numbers-the songs. From the straight-ahead tunes of their early years, like Listen to the Music, the Doobies have turned fancier, slicker and more synthetic. They were a good singles band that was tuned...