Word: vert
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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Behind the glamourpuss, however, there stands a solid character of many-sided balance. Bernstein is a phenomenal extra vert. In his nature, to think is to act. Until recently he never seemed to tire of doing things, handling situations, arranging schedules, playing the life of the party, being all things to all people. He lives in a vague world of superficial friendliness, where charm is an easy way of life, and genuine warmth is reserved for work. And yet, at the worst of his extravertigo, Bernstein never lost sight of his first principles: truth to his word, loyalty to friends...
...amusing ending to one of my greatest 'feuds.' "* ··· A Paris court ruled that the public sale of an unexpurgated, 28-volume set of the complete works of the Marquis de Sade (TIME, Dec. 31) was an "outrage to morality." Paris Publisher Jean-Jacques Pau-vert, who had rashly tried to peddle "to specialists" the marquis' encyclopedia of all-out sadism, was let off with a $571 fine and a court order dictating that every last page of the pornography involved be destroyed...
...know a little man both ept and ert. And intro? extra? No, he's just a vert. Sheveled and couth and kempt, pecunious, ane; His image trudes upon the ceptive brain...
...more of it by Cellist Pablo Casals. Pianist Artur Rubinstein or Singer Feodor Chaliapin. Beginning late in the evening, the music often lasted till morning, when everyone would adjourn to the dining room for breakfast, which sometimes included champagne-and raspberries. The raspberries were especially favored by Impresario Montague Vert Chester, who cared little about what he ate, provided it was pink. Through the pleasant confusion moved Muriel, her eyes alight, her large mouth working fiercely as she denounced Beethoven's Hammerklavier sonata or praised the writings of her friend, Gertrude Stein. To Muriel, said Mabel Dodge a little...
Polite Little Smile. One of the most charming portraits in the show is of a beautiful five-year-old in a sailor suit, meant to be Vertès himself. At 55, he looks like a heavy-set Mephisto, whose brow, nose and mouth form three emphatic Vs. "My friends," Vertès admits, "smile a little at my self-portrait and say very politely, 'I don't think it's too much...