Word: contrast
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...woman watches daytime TV regularly, "in contrast to the upper middle-class wife who has clubs, community activities, visiting, etc." Since the m.m. woman generally feels a bit isolated and needs social stimulation, she watches a few selected programs which have "personality appeal" and "dramatic appeal." (Dutybound to housework, she rarely allows herself the easy indulgence of seeing all daytime TV shows.) So long as she can imagine herself a participant, the m.m. woman is satisfied. She will even take time to knit booties for a soap-opera baby, write down quips for Arthur Godfrey, point out factual flaws...
Aldo Tonti's camera work is especially impressive. Besides selecting the most scenic views of the river and fields, Tonti worked very closely with director Alebrto Latuado, reporting the mood of the action in the composition and contrast of each shot. His delicate photographs of the lined, emotive peasant faces make effective close...
...which deals with Dolly's spiritual regeneration, as her imaginative mind finds itself wholly in harmony with the new environment. Implicit in this theme is the conflict of the individual in a stereotyped society, and Capote has stacked the cards heavily. In the second act Capote also develops a contrast of different kinds of love, all of which form a coherent theory until the final scene, when they become muddled in a contrived denouement...
...period, was dropped in 1872. After the Civil War, U.S. capitalism began to spawn millionaires, and millionaires begot mass envy and a burning sense of social injustice. The eyes of Southerners and Westerners saw hundreds of cigar-smoking millionaires swarming like cuttlefish around New York and Newport harbors. This contrast tells the story: in 1843, there were only 20 millionaires in the whole U.S. In 1909, the 92 members of the U.S. Senate included 17 millionaires-15 Republicans and two Democrats...
Distance Shooters. In contrast, the shortsighted indifference to customers of some utilities in other U.S. cities also means smaller per capita electric sales. New York's massive Consolidated Edison Co. (no kin) sells less than 1,200 kilowatt hours per year to its average home customer v. Detroit Edison's 2,168. One-third of Detroit Edison's customers use electric stoves v. 22.8% average for all U.S. utilities. President Cisler concedes that the cost of his "free" services (about 50? a month per customer) gets added to the bill, but Detroit Edison's rates...