Word: backgrounds
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...York and Hollywood are the millions who are daily influenced, often unknowingly, by the penetration of Freudian theory. A social worker visiting a family with health and welfare problems looks for unhealthy father-son or mother-daughter relationships. The probation officer reporting on a juvenile delinquent discusses the family background with the court in terms of aggression and compensation. So does a truant officer. In Wheeling, W. Va. last week, Thomas Williams Jr., 14, was found legally sane, sentenced to life imprisonment for the murder of a nine-year-old boy after two psychiatrists appointed by the court had declared...
Table Tennis Tournament. White was barred because a white celluloid ball can be lost against such a background...
...guide the destinies of all athletic teams seem to have ganged up on the freshman crew this year. Generally a Yardling crew coach can hope for as much as forty-percent experience among his men. This spring, out of 28 heavyweight rowers, there are only seven with previous crew background. In the first boat, there is only one experienced rower...
...English, Fine Arts, and Music Departments by limiting the number of courses a student may take in writing, painting, or performing. These departments wisely decided that a student interested in writing, for example, will have ample time in later life to write, but little time or desire to gain background knowledge. These restrictions are especially applicable to theatre at Harvard because many participants already spend more time on their play and it social accompaniments than on studies...
While the acting is above reproach, the photography and background music add little when they are not distracting. The technical qualities of the film are not helped by splices and cuts. The flashback technique is effective, although the point of view is not maintained faithfully throughout. The film is most effective in the intimate scenes when the internal conflict of Hugo can be felt most dramatically. As such moments comprise the better part of the film, Dirty Hands is powerful not only as an insight into Communism, but also as a drama of an individual searching for himself...