Word: wan
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...TIME cover, April 13, 1962), began searching for common mind-meeting ground. The search led him far afield-so far that at times he seemed willing to go to almost any length to gain rapport. "We admire each other, don't we?" asked Frost. Russian silence, and a wan Evtushenko smile. "Great nations don't take pleasure in belittling each other." More silence. "If Russia beat my country in everything, then I would become a Russian." At that the Russians roared with laughter...
...gambols through the tango, the twist, and an agitated bit of neo-'20s dance nonsense called "the kangaroo." After his appearance in this wan swan song of the Broadway season, Cesare Siepi can always go back to the Met; Karnilova will dance again. In Rome's palmier days, the rest of Bravo Giovanni would have been thrown to the lions...
Only Two Can Play. Peter Sellers is perfectly hilarious as a lubricous bookworm, a wan don who thinks he is a Don Juan...
Last week, looking wan and carrying a small bundle of personal belongings, Chang, 39. was freed. Humbly he told reporters: "I am sorry for causing all this trouble." With his wife, he took a taxi to a cousin's home (his own luxurious villa had long been rented), then knelt in prayer with his family and a Korean Presbyterian minister...
Only Two Can Play. Peter Sellers plays a wan little Welsh librarian who decides he would rather peruse a blonde than a book...