Word: difficult
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...only illustrates bad manners, but is indicative of the fact that a few American students have lost sight of a value on which our democracy and particularly this University is premised. This is a belief in the value of dispassionate, rational inquiry into the nature of things... It is difficult for me to see how understanding will ever be achieved if the spirit which at times manifested itself during the question period last Friday night should prevail. Richard Buel Teaching Fellow in History
Armed with a glass of dry sherry, Mike is an amiable conversationalist, listening politely and with a nod of his head now and then returning answers to difficult questions with the open frankness and straight-from-the-shoulder approach that has won him many friends...
...daily routine in Washington of attendance at cocktail parties, banquets, concerts, and other social gatherings demands the stamina and inexhaustible vigor of a man who has pledged himself to the difficult task of winning friends and friendship for his country. "When I get tired," he says, "I take a walk in the fresh air, or else I sit down for a while and just think. Thats' enough...
...attacks on Hogan were worn down, however, by a steady dose of facts. He was an effective and popular District Attorney, receiving the support of all parties in his campaign for the office; therefore, it was rather difficult for the Republicans suddenly to condemn him. These considerations would have made him a very strong candidate, had his nomination taken place under different circumstances...
...Comes a Day had had the sort of actors its merits deserved, the results would be difficult to imagine, though some clues are provided by Arthur O'Connell as drunken father Lawton and Brandon de Wilde as his (overwritten, overdirected) son. The daughter of the Lawton household--a perceptive character study by the way; score one for Mr. Lamkin--wants to marry Mr. Scott's character for his money, but is torn by an enormous letch for a hot water heater salesman. Diana van der Vlis is excellent in this role, and Larry Hagman is good as her stud. Ruth...