Word: contrast
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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Debunking the importance of climate, the authors say: "Some of the highest tuberculosis mortality rates are observed among the Eskimos in the frozen North, the Bantu Negroes in dry, sunny Africa, the Hindus in tropical humid India, the whites in the island of Cyprus or in Latin America. By contrast, very low mortality rates are observed among special groups of the same races living under these very same climates."-The final answer to the menace of tuberculosis must go far beyond treatment of current cases, say Dubos & wife. It is a way of life: "Cleanliness of body and habits...
...male non-cancer patients, 4½% were non-smokers and only 13½% were heavy smokers. The death rate from lung cancer among non-smokers aged 45-64 was negligible; among heavy smokers it ran from 6% to 10% for the same age span. There was a puzzling contrast in the figures for women: among them, 37% of lung-cancer patients were nonsmokers...
Clams & Birds. In contrast with the primitive dianetician, who was content merely to probe the subject's life here on earth, the scientologist gets him stretched on a couch, gripping the electrodes and usually wearing blinkers and tries to reach preconception pains as fast as possible...
...style and showmanship: all the concealed dramatic art that lay behind an ostensible mere reading. Thus far, John Brown has not forged a unified style at all. With his clear, Midwestern voice and manner, Tyrone Power seems the most American, the most unobtrusive, the most effective performer. In contrast, Judith Anderson's manner seems at times a little too elevated, Raymond Massey's a little too elocutionary. The chorus is well trained, but trained to do popular tricks. For every lusty "Jubili, Jubilo," there are a number of radio-like vocal gadgets and sound effects. Thus, over & over...
...concerto is Menotti's best instrumental work to date (though he himself still prefers his 1945 Piano Concerto in F). It has humor and a touch of drama, and a striking contrast of light & dark textures (major & minor) unifies the whole piece. Its weakness is formal: the main line of progress is too full of pleasant but unrelated detours into puckish humor and free-flown fancy...