Word: grinning
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...light and lithe Lilliputians in his eight-member company (six women, two men). The imbalance is noticeable enough so that, contrasted with the troupe's whippet-quick movements, his flicks seem like flays, his leaps like lurches. And, for obscure reasons, he assumes a curious Howdy Doody grin that often lends a wry twist where obviously none is intended...
...among TIME writers. The urge seems to be irresistible. The signs of a practicing paronomasian at work are easy to spot: the writer hunched over his typewriter chuckling to himself, the smile twitching the corner of his mouth as he turns the story in to be edited, the expectant grin as he waits for the researcher's guffaw when she reads his copy...
Gerald Ford has the speech well-memorized. When the talk turns to the last election, the minority, leader flashes a friendly grin, relaxes the arch in his stocky, broad back, and raises an oratorical hand, to describe...
...Another year," said Sandy last week, "and I might wind up crippled for life." Bachelor Koufax has not decided what he intends to do for a living now, and he is in no hurry to make up his mind. Said he, with a wry grin: "I have enough money to eat lunch and dinner today...
There is a certain remoteness between Yovicsin and his players. A mild-mannered man with a subdued sense of humor, he sometimes cracks a grin which might widen into a smile. At games he more often scowls up and down the sidelines. Yovicsin does not have any pretensions of being an inspirational coach. Pre-game speeches are brief and unemotional, and if anybody attempts to arouse the team, it is either a player or an assistant coach...