Word: conscious
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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Whether in conscious or unconscious irony, Makarios had chosen to put up at Athens' fanciest hotel, now because of anti-British sentiment officially called the "Petit Palais," but still known to all Athenians by its original name-"Grande Bretagne." By the time he got there, some 50,000 people had packed themselves into the square before the hotel. Speaking to the crowd from the hotel balcony, Makarios promptly made it clear that his months of exile in the Seychelles Islands had made him no readier 19 accept Britain's offer of limited self-government for Cyprus, no less...
...works hard and often well at his difficult, mannerized role as the old man. William Searle, as his son, is fairly buoyant; his irresponsible sneer outweighs his awkward postures. Jane Connor assumes the character his slouchy sister with surprising completeness, even if her motions are occasionally static or self-conscious. By far the best person on stage is Eugent Gervasi, who plays her husband with the proud poise of a Greek statue. He is vitally alive and colorful whether soliloquizing or merely gesturing...
...synthetic sunshine, Stay Alive All Your Life [March 25], I grew nauseous at first, and then alarmed to find that sales of all his books "have vaulted over the 4,000,000 mark." He is, I fear, the prophet of a new religion, the end of which is the conscious attainment of quiet desperation via self-administered brainwashings...
...weeks had Dwight Eisenhower looked so well: his color was good, his step quick. Nevertheless, health-conscious Washington buzzed with rumor. Under congressional consideration, but likely to advance nowhere, were proposals for firmly certifying presidential disability and transferring presidential functions to the Vice President (including an Administration recommendation advanced by Attorney General Herbert Brownell Jr., delegating responsibility for the decision to the Cabinet). The hubbub prompted a blunt question at the President's press conference: Was Ike planning to resign? Replied the President coldly: "The worst rot that I have heard since I have been in this office." There...
...Japan's $99.50 Minolta Autocord, introduced last year as the cheapest, quality twin-lens reflex camera anyone could expect, is being superseded by an even less expensive model: a new automatic Yashica-Mat at only $75.50, which will give budget-conscious amateurs near-professional tools...