Word: context
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...beautiful wagon because home was too far to walk ... but of course it was like a cherry too" for both are beautiful and sweet, and so is home, though ever so far away. In one remarkable scene, Rufus uses a child's sensitivity to sound to judge the context of a conversation whose words he cannot hear or understand...
...eagerly read column in Munich, appearing in the tabloid Abendzeitung, is written in breezy English by Gordon Francis Feehan, 38, a New England-born Irishman. Under the pen name of Frank Gordon, Feehan turns out his slangy, spangled Munich-Go-Round, that looks as startlingly Arnerican in its German context as Dinah Shore would among the Rhinemaidens...
...that must be paid if we are to balance our intellectual budget"-and for a greater awareness by scientists of their national, social, human duty. "The specialist," he said, "must shun the view that lopsidedness is laudable. He must be politically and morally responsible." Most notably in the context of his new job, Killian expressed sharp skepticism about U.S. defense's present three-service structure. "So far," he said, "we have not been able, in the definition of the roles and missions of the services, to keep pace with evolving weapons system technology. As a consequence we lengthen...
...triumphs of the show belongs to Charles Saari, the only excellent child actor since Brandon De Wilde. Despite rare roughness and lapses out of context, his intense performance of Sonny is outstanding. He pouts, squawks, broods, lunges, and captures the audience. Timmy Everett, playing the well-written role of the older young man who kills himself between the acts, is equally excellent...
...support this contention, the Admissions office cites the following figures: the Class of '57 was 53.3%, public school graduates, '58 was 53.9%, '59 was 52.6%, '60 was 51.4%, and the present freshman class is 50%. Taken out of context, the statistic that there are nearly 4% fewer public school graduates in the freshman class than there were three years ago is significant, but not alarming. But the figure takes on additional significance when it is realized that it reverses a post-war trend that was expected to continue. The new trend shows every sign of continuing unless the Board...