Word: uncouth
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...moving the gun overland, through French-commanded passes and along sen-tried back roads, is a weird ally, a spick-and-span British navy gunnery expert (Gary Grant), who, believing that war is a gentleman's affair, is appalled by the barbaric tactics of Sinatra's uncouth band. Italy's Sophia Loren, as a busty errand girl, is a dispensable part in a story that Forester correctly conceived as all-male. The Pride's real passion would far better have aimed solely at the conquest of Avila; Operation Sophia is pointless reconnaissance...
PRESSAGENTS: "Public relations is the greatest American discovery since 'relaxation' . . . The Americans can make in 24 hours, out of an uncouth truck driver, the king of popular song. But the French public takes a long time to get over this kind of shock...
...everyone from Osbert Sitwell to Lady Astor, and of course Wells met Wells. The British were eager to see in Main Street support for the comforting conviction that Americans, though rich, were a pretty uncouth lot. So Lewis was warmly received, but not all appreciated his japeries. When he met some prominent Irishmen, his notion of humor was to sing a funny song about Christ walking on the water. Lewis insisted on doing imitations at dinner, and they went on too long. He even fancied he resembled Bernard Shaw and bought a wig at Clarkson's", the theatrical wigmaker...
...last month aired two (one for each party) closed-circuit "orientation broadcasts" to 167 affiliate stations, showing how TV plans to cover the conventions. Top commentators urged delegates to be "natural and sincere," warned that the relentless camera catches not only the impassioned oratory but private mutterings and uncouth mannerisms as well...
...portrait commissions kept dwindling as he labored for months over each painting. His heavy brushstroke and thick overpainting, plus his untidy habit of cleaning brushes on his own clothing, struck his townsmen as uncouth. At 52, Rembrandt was forced to put his house and goods up for auction...