The ungainliness of Marshall's body as depicted by Hubbard in the full-length portrait and the darkness of the background have prompted Klein to mat the painting so that only the bust shows through an oval opening.
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Yet while Shepherd's " Two Gentlemen " suffers from occasional ungainliness, it is hardly more ungainly than the play itself, which has abrupt shifts of tone that no interpreters have ever been able to smooth over.
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Critic Jonathon Goodman writes that in current art trends this kind of ad hoc creativity often serves to mask poor skills, but in Gallo s case, the rawness is a genuine part of his aesthetic, whose ungainliness keeps us thinking .
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The idea was to intercept German Zeppelin airships far out to sea, beyond the normal range of a land or shore based craft . The successful first flight was not followed up, due to the ungainliness of the composite in takeoff and its vulnerability in flight.
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A contemporary of the great Michael Kelly, of Charles Incledon and ( latterly ) of John Braham, he had to work hard for public favour and to withstand attacks referring to his humble origins, his religion and his physical ungainliness ( he became quite fat ) : but, having obtained respect for his skills and good character, he held his place in the affection of his admirers, made large sums at his benefits in later years, and was able to retire with some fortune.
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The director, Kaia Calhoun, unfortunately hasn't found a style to match Ms . Corthron's deliberately splintered prose, opting instead for a fluid naturalism that fails to give full emphasis to the play's emotional climaxes . ( It can also make speaking the lines a strain for the actors . ) She does, however, sustain a sense of clarity, which isn't easy, given the feverish ungainliness of the play's second act, when Justin experiences an improbably flashy conversion.
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In the end, though, Nixon's influence on the movies matters less than the movies'influence on him . " The study of Richard Nixon, " The New Republic's John Osborne once wrote, " requires a steadfast clinging to the fact that he is human . " Looking at Nixon in terms of the movies helps us cling to that humanity, makes us better appreciate-- perhaps even feel some guilty affection for-- what Murray Kempton, the most acute of all Nixonologists, saw as the man's " insinuating ungainliness . " The movies may have made Reagan, but they helped sustain Nixon.
