Word: consciousness
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...Syndicate of Technical Workers, Painters & Sculptors put the Mexican doctrine in writing, publicly repudiated "art for art's sake," and pledged themselves to paint murals "for the people." Among signers were Mexico's big three: Rivera, Orozco and Siqueiros. Backed by the world's most art-conscious Government, they made a slambang success...
...proud to make a minor contribution to the re-establishment of peace in this great country. We are conscious of being present at the rebirth of a nation. . . . We hope that our present congenial relations are the forerunner of long years of mutually beneficial cooperation between our two countries...
...Baritone Duncan quietly practiced six operatic roles (Tonio in 7 Pagliacci, Escamillo in Carmen, Rigoletto, Germont in Traviata, the Ethiopian King in Aïda and Valentin in Faust). Last week his chance came-from New York's municipal, low-priced opera company, presided over by a self-conscious champion of race equality. Mayor F. H. LaGuardia. Todd Duncan made his debut in I Pagliacci, followed it two nights later with Carmen. Sympathetic audiences cheered him long. Critics were almost as loud in praise of his singing, hoped his acting would improve. Musically, LaGuardia's opera company...
...ambitions lie in social work or nursing; she worked in a camp for underprivileged children in Illinois last summer. Didn't that make her socially conscious so that she'd read the Chicago Sun instead of the Tribune? Oh, no, the money for the camp came from the Tribune...
Almost everyone in Washington thought it was safe last week - except OPAdministrator Chester Bowles. More inflation-conscious now than ever, Bowles argued that abolishing L41 gave contractors the right to build houses on speculation, sell them on the open real-estate market. Since OPA could control a contractor's profits only if he built a house for a private individual, this, said Bowles, would make the sky the only price ceiling...