Word: elements
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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Although Conway will say that "I can't hear myself think in the modern world," and condemns too much "activism" in the University, his detachment has no inherent element of apathy. Conway's "dynamic quiet" insists upon an eloquent voice...
First, there is, he asserted, a lack of organization in research work. He laid this difficulty to the "archaic distinctions" between the various branches of the services. Leach added that "there is an element of friction between the services which could be reduced...
...argue that the threat of death stays the hand of a potential murderer. Yet, psychological evidence has shown that the great majority of homicides are not premeditated, but are prompted by anger, insanity, defense, accident, etc. In such instances, the possibility of the death sentence provides no deterrent element...
...Democratic, its membership is to a great extent Republican. In Cambridge, however, these Republicans might have been Democrats, had not the Democratic party been largely a party controlled by Irish and Italian Catholics. An obvious parallel to the Cambridge situation is the earlier (Mayor Curleyera) Back Bay Republican reform element, which still spasmodically asserts itself in Boston politics...
Fortunately the acting often injects dramatic stature into the story. Especially Edward G. Robinson, as the manufacturer, adds an element of power. Tormented by growing old, he evokes considerable interest and even compassion in his fight for a relationship and a life that even he himself is not sure will work out. Robinson can also stalk in and out of an overcoat with a gusto that dwarfs almost any action that anyone else performs on stage, partly because his better supporting actors have rather inactive roles...