Word: brashness
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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Zapotocky's way to power had been paved by the resignation of Czechoslovakia's ailing, good-willed President Eduard Benes (TIME, June 14). While the headlines shouted the news, the Czech Communist central committee met in Prague and shuffled its front men. Into Benes' job went brash, Moscow-trained Klement Gottwald. For Gottwald it was a boot upstairs. As Premier, he had wielded real power, but the presidency was largely a figurehead's job. Zapotocky moved into the premiership...
Shot in glorious black and white, "Fort Apache" introduces John Agar as a brash young 2nd Lt with a lantern jaw and a gay twinkle in his blue, blue eyes. He provides the love interest and very little else. His opposite, Shirley Temple, is now a Woman, let it be announced. Her acting is competent and mature, if a trifle too cute. Fonda plays the stiff-backed, knuckle-headed Colonel skillfully, but even so experienced an actor as he cannot carry this trite and sloppy picture...
...Lindley, a dour, bristle-haired lawyer who has been a Stassen strategist since the time Stassen was a brash county attorney bucking the G.O.P. machine for nomination as governor. He is treasurer of the Minnesota Fund, holds the purse...
...Nobody knew for sure just what was eating Joe McCarthy. He was still the frosty-eyed, all-seeing, silent Buddha. He sat on the bench, an empty space on either side of him, more unapproachable than ever. The only Boston player brash enough to sit near him is Ted Williams, who calls him "Mister McCarthy" with an inflection that might pass for respect but might also be a star player's impudence. The Boston sportwriters have already declared a cold war on Marse Joe because of his gruff refusal to answer questions. Said a Boston Post sportwriter...
Unlike the other brash new Houses, Adams is an aggregating of two old and gaudy student apartment dwellings and one new structure that shelters the library and dining hall, all connected by elaborate tunnels. Housemaster David M. Little '18, Secretary to the University, resides in old Anthorp House, which is nestled snugly within the courtyard...