Word: passee
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When an almost oppressively sophisticated writer turns out so highfalutin a play, there may well be method, even if there is no meaning, in his claptrap. Very possibly Cocteau meant to polish up a lot of passe heroics into a rococo extravaganza that would be lively theater to boot. And...
His wife's 20-franc (40^) weekly will be no child of Marie-Claire. Said Mme. Lazareff: "Something has happened in between. The youth in France are much less fluffy. The chichi is passe. . . ."
Prenez le bonheur quand il passe-Alphand's delivery of such sentiments makes her worth $750 a week to the Blue Angel's Jacoby.
"Based on" Lynn Riggs's folk play, Green Grow the Lilacs, Oklahoma! chiefly concerns the struggle between a good cowboy (Alfred Drake) and an evil hired hand (Howard da Silva) over a fetching farm girl (Joan Roberts). The cowboy's triumph is delayed by a perversity of female...
Although most members of the class of '44 will never have to sell floor wax or washing machines, chances are that every single one of them will have to sell himself some time. Winning friends and influencing people may be passe, but it is still important to know how to...