Word: americans
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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Most of these situations are still effective when well-handled; if that were not the case, serious American drama would practically be wiped out. But Mr. Lamkin's dialogue is spotted with cliches. "And we laughed, oh, how we laughed. We were the happiest people on earth, without a care," and "Talking won't bring it back, Isabel. It's gone, it's gone," are representative samples. Mr. Lamkin writes so well for Mr. Scott that it is difficult to understand how he can write so badly for nearly everyone else. Many of these excrescences will probably be written...
...doesn't anyone ever rise up from his chair and shout, 'I challenge you on that point, sir!' When I lecture?" asked the American professor...
...independent and questioning scholar this is possibly best, since lecture material should provide an incentive to deeper scholarship. But to the unskilled or uncurious student, lectures form a mere skeleton of ideas on which the meat of reading is to be hung. Unfortunately, the American lecture system, rests on a disciple-like trust of the professor and lacks the gusto of an alert and slightly hostile listening body...
...mention of governmental health insurance usually evokes loud charges of socialized medicine and many of the other cliches which make discussion of American economics into semi-religious issues. Yet Nelson Rockefeller--not very renowned for his socialistic ideas--advocated in a recent campaign speech that New York extend its workmen's compensation laws to include financial protection against catastrophic medical expenses. Harry Truman, some years ago, also suggested a national health insurance scheme. Such an extension of public welfare activity would be both beneficial and practical...
...panelists will include Robert G. McCloskey, Chairman of the Department of Government, John P. Kelley from the Atlanta Journal, John L. Siegenthaler from the Nashville Tennessean, Philip Johnson from the New Orleans Item, and Perry E. Morgan from the Charlotte News. V. O. Key, Jr., Jonathan Trumbull Professor of American History and Government, will moderate the discussion...