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She possessed a rubbery face capable of the broadest expressions — Life magazine compared her to Beatrice Lillie and Charlie Chaplin, and described her characterizations as taking " people or situations suspended in their own precarious balance between dignity and absurdity, and push ( ing ) them over the cliff with one single, pointed gesture "— the magazine noted a " particularly high-brow critic " as observing, " The trouble with most comedians who try to do satire is that they are essentially brash, noisy and indelicate people who have to use a sledge hammer to smash a butterfly.
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She and possessed
She possessed an observant eye, a retentive memory, and a critical faculty.
She claimed she was offered two highly sought-after movie roles: the part of possessed child Regan MacNeil in the 1973 film, The Exorcist, and the starring role in Louis Malle's 1978 film, Pretty Baby.
She is the first to suspect the danger surrounding the cabin and the first to be possessed.
She gets possessed, then tries to kill Ash.
She gets possessed when her husband accidentally unleashes the evil spirits of the book of the dead.
She was described as having been physically attractive, albeit slightly plump ; however, she also possessed " lively eyes " and was " of lively grace ".
She possessed great physical strength and courage.
She briefly develops a psychic shadow form like Psylocke's, with a gold Phoenix emblem over her eye instead of the Crimson Dawn mark possessed by Psylocke, Jean briefly lost her telekinesis to Psylocke during this exchange, but her telekinetic abilities later came back in full at a far stronger level than before.
She possessed vivacity, grace, and charm as an actress of the comédienne type ; but she was not a natural tragédienne, and her attempt at the strongly dramatic part of Norma turned out to be an histrionic failure.
She soon starred in the 1953 science fiction film Donovan's Brain ; Crowther said that Davis, playing the role of a possessed scientist's " sadly baffled wife ", " walked through it all in stark confusion " in an " utterly silly " film.
She had also hoped to develop her psionic powers, which her ancestors were rumored to have possessed with great proficiency.
She also possessed the " king of boars ", Torc Triath, and Cirb, king of wethers ( sheep ), from whom Mag Cirb is named.
She possessed a brilliant bel canto technique and was considered a rival to the Victorian era's most famous diva, Adelina Patti.
She was unpretentious, shy and devout, and possessed a crystal-clear soprano voice projected with a wistful quality and earnestness that audiences found touching.
She and Eberly possessed a " boy and girl next door " charm and their pairing produced several of the band's biggest hits.
She also possessed a cloak of falcon feathers that allowed her to transform into a falcon, which Loki borrowed on occasion.
She also possessed a solid backhand.
She and Leo attend two Indian friends ' wedding, where they are possessed by the spirits of two passing Hindu deities, Shakti and Shiva.
She auditioned for the part of Regan MacNeil in the film The Exorcist, but the director felt that, with Family Affair still in popular consciousness at the time through daytime reruns, movie audiences might think Buffy was the one being possessed.
She performed feature film roles such as a stripper possessed by an alien serial killer in The Hidden ( 1987 ), a police department psychologist Susan Riley in Maniac Cop 2 and as model Hexina in Hexed ( 1993 ).
She returns to the parish priest a few months later, saying that the child is possessed by the devil, as he drinks her dry and has no scent.
She begins a séance which goes terribly wrong, Florence becomes possessed, resulting in the two volunteers being killed and summoning a host of ghosts and demons causing the use of the revolver-type guns.
She was called a " Wise-woman " in the area and had been hired by a local farmer to lift a " curse " he believed had possessed one of his cows.
She was keen to learn, and possessed a sharp intellect-she was assiduous in studying and, according to family tradition, began writing at an early age.
One of Nadya ’ s friends from gymnasium, Ariadne Tyrkova, described Krupskaya as “ a tall, quiet girl, who did not flirt with the boys, moved and thought with deliberation, and had already formed strong convictions … She was one of those who are forever committed, once they have been possessed by their thoughts and feelings ….” Nadya briefly attended two different secondary schools before finding the perfect fit with Prince A. A. Obolensky's Female Gymnasium, “ a distinguished private girls ’ secondary school in Petersburg .” This education was probably more liberal than most other gymnasiums since it was noted that some of the staff were former revolutionaries.
She and face
She showed her surprise by tightening the reins and moving the gelding around so that she could get a better look at his face.
She had touched her face, truly a noble and pure face, only with a lip salve which made her lips glisten but no redder than usual.
She raised her face and nodded, `` It's sweet, and very sad ''.
She drank and pushed back her gingham bonnet to wet a kerchief and wipe her face.
She could not face coffee or tea without milk, and was always craving types of food that were not available aboard a sailing ship.
She opened the boxes with a tear in her eye and a sad smile on her face.
She had taken him out of the schoolhouse and closed the school for the summer, after she saw Miss Snow crack Joel across the face with a ruler for letting a snake loose in the schoolroom.
She smiled, and the teeth gleamed in her beautifully modeled olive face.
She was forty-nine at this time, a lanky woman of breeding with an austere, narrow face which had the distinction of a steeple or some architecture that had been designed long ago for a stubborn sort of prayer.
She had talked to him right there, with the hot sun in his face, which made him sweat and feel ashamed.
She thought as warm, drizzling rain touched her face.
She made a face at him and then she laughed.
She stared at the pale tracings on the tree, hearing her breath refracted from it, her face close and touching at time the rough edges of the bark.
She did not look at him, but he noticed that her face was flushed and her eyes unsteady.
She states: " Since we do not succeed in fleeing it, let us therefore try to look the truth in the face.
She reportedly slapped Eugénie across the face, almost resulting in an international incident.
She said their cause was just, and the deities were on their side ; the one legion that had dared to face them had been destroyed.
" She was one of the greatest pantomime artists I have ever seen ", he said, " it was through watching her that I learned not only how to express emotions with my hands and face, but also how to observe and study people.
She takes the form of a huge bladder of a creature whose face is all mouth and whose arms and legs are flippers.
She bases this reading on Genesis 1, calling that the true record of creation in contrast to Genesis 2, the false record of creation obscuring the true ( which occurred when " a mist went up from the face of the ground ").
Catherine was quite short in stature with long red hair, wide blue eyes, a round face, and a fair complexion. She was descended, on her maternal side, from the English royal house ; her great-grandmother Catherine of Lancaster, after whom she was named, and her great-great-grandmother Philippa of Lancaster were both daughters of John of Gaunt and granddaughters of Edward III of England.
She had to hurdle a barbecue pit to touch Lady Bird Johnson, she accidentally knocked Pat Nixon down, and Nancy Reagan told her to get out of her face or she'd have her arrested.
She occasionally throws up the terrible offspring of our pride and carelessness to remind us of how puny we really are in the face of a tornado, an earthquake or a Godzilla.
" She further wrote that although " Islamic historians agree that the prophet Muhammad never hit a woman, it is also clear that Muslim communities face a domestic violence problem.
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