Word: commonness
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...Stade suggested to the Council that, in place of later parietals, the Freshman Union might be utilized to a greater extent in the evening "We will certainly accept this proposal," Korns said, but added that he felt students would probably not like to use the large common rooms...
Tito's visit has caused rumblings in Communist circles all over Asia, and General Ne Win was in no mood to borrow trouble with his Red Chinese neighbors on the north. Red China and Burma dispute their common border, and Ne Win's army is trying to rout out Communist guerrillas. Red China's Ambassador Li I-mang has lately complained to the Burmese for permitting the showing of the Nat "King" Cole film China Gate, and even protested when a soccer team from Hong Kong played in Rangoon. And so in Burma Tito got a formal...
...listen to his political opinions. Perhaps the world is a little skeptical of them, but there is every reason why Khrushchev should agree. According to Eaton, Secretary of State John Foster Dulles is preaching "insane fanaticism," West German rearmament is "begging for trouble," recognition of Red China is "only common sense," and the U.S. position on Hungary is "stark hypocrisy." Says Eaton: "A truculent trinity of politicians, generals and journalists are relentlessly driving us to war . . . The only people in the U.S. who believe that Communism is a menace are the boys on the payroll...
Actually, the main trouble with the picture is the lack of a controlling sense of style in the acting-a common fault in Hollywood's period pieces. Actor Boyer, for instance, falls somewhere between Paris and Hollywood, but wherever it is, it is not New Orleans. And he seems understandably embarrassed by many of his lines-"Death! Ha! Whan eet come, speet een eets eye." Actress Bloom intrudes a British note, and Actor Heston, as a sweet-talking, milk-sopping Old Hickory with a phony Tennessee accent, makes just about the silliest of the screen's counterfeits...
...Masters deserve commendation for their recent appointments to the Student Council. In formally consulting their Senior Common Rooms to aid them in their choices, the Masters have used a procedure recommended by the CRIMSON several months ago. The results justify the policy. The Masters have selected men of exceptional ability, devoid of the political involvements that have hampered the effectiveness of several Council members in recent years...