Word: wide
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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Weisman's technique in this skit, as in all of them, is clear and careful. His hands speak in economical, controlled movements, suggesting surprise as they flatten on the cage walls and horror as they push against them. His broad mouth and wide eyes go from smile to shock with none of the obvious self-satisfaction in a welldone trick. Though some of his comic material is childish and inane, Weisman's actions provoke our willing laughter, especially when he's playing in home ground, being the snoring student in lecture or the pretentious flamenco guitarist...
Sacred Silhouette. Such sweet some things, combined with Corbu's world wide reputation (TIME cover, May 5, 1961), inclined Venice's municipal hospital head to invite Corbu to replace the old hospital of Sts. John and Paul...
...Lincoln Memorial and "timidly waved at the immortal face." Skagit Valley College received him with a banner and a banquet. The family that "adopted" him had redecorated the spare bedroom. Neighbors stopped in with cakes. Huntley-Brinkley televised him. Some will pin the word "naive" on Legson's wide-eyed good will and on America's cozy, corny reception of him. But there may be more basic human realism in this naivete than cynics either in the U.S. or in Africa would concede...
After studying speech, physics, English and volleyball ("easier than physics") at Skagit, Legson went on to Washington University as a political-science major. In wide demand as a speaker, he was welcomed in Little Rock, segregated in Dallas. After four years in the U.S., he retains his love for the land of Lincoln-and for the land of his birth. After finishing his education, he intends to go home to Malawi and teach school and enter politics. "A salute to you, Malawi," he writes at the end of his book. "We have just begun...
Part of Vellucci's influence derives from the wide range of people he has met and has been able to impress. And Vellucci does impress them. At City Council hearings, though his question periods are long and often boring, he has obviously done his homework, sometimes better than the people he questions. In a group, he is immediately able to sense what the group wants to hear from him, and to adapt himself accordingly...