Word: technician
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...reputation, her usual studied technique, and her scintillating costumes, but she brought, no feeling of definite characterization, no gripping conviction of flesh and blood and human sensibilities. To one who had seen her in the two previous productions, she was again Mlle. Sorel, the Doucet-costumed, the brilliant technician, the vivid personality, yea, even "the magnificent", but not the sincere worker in the art of portraying character. One begins to suspect, in fact, that Mademoiselle has a very clever press agent...
...years ago Mr. Moiseiwitsch showed what a superb musician he is by playing the Schumann A minor concerto; yesterday he proved himself an equally fine technician in the Russian Teherepnins concerto. Particularly in whispered passages, Mr. Moiseiwitsch's tone seems unexcelled; in forte passages his (or the piano's) tone was less sympathetic. The orchestral parts of the concerto were not startling...
...content of quite general interest. Although football naturally predominates among the pictures, the staff photographers have not disregarded variety in the make-up. The tennis championships, Red Cross work, the Cornell harriers, a Yale cartoon, and the Freshman dormitories find places among stadiums and football stars. A technician would also appreciate the fine-screen cuts, a clear font of type, and good spacing...