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Word: esotericism (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1950-1959
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Far be it from me to try and explain the movie. Perhaps it should be said that the film is not all abstract. A great deal of emotion fuses the color and sounds together. And for those who have a dread of the esoteric, it might be added that their...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: The Moviegoer | 11/2/1951 | See Source »

I accuse Dr. White of "foggy" writing. Such concise words as "ubiquity" and "inculcates" can hardly be called foggy. "Esoteric," if you must, but not foggy . . .

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Letters, Jun. 11, 1951 | 6/11/1951 | See Source »

Another excellent conversational ploy is to pose an esoteric question and then rapidly answer it oneself (having, of course, looked up the answer beforehand), e.g., "I wonder what the expectation of life of, say, an advertising agent of thirty really is-at this moment of time, I mean." This, however...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Books: Blitzleisch v. Rotzleisch | 6/4/1951 | See Source »

Doctrinally, Tibet should be ruled by two lamas: the Panchen Lama, whom esoteric Tibetans believe to be Buddha's spiritual reincarnation, and the Dalai Lama, Buddha's temporal reincarnation. Actually, the Dalai Lama and his priests have been running Tibet since 1924, when they expelled the Panchen Lama...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: CHINA: Which Half of Buddha? | 5/14/1951 | See Source »

Charley Christian, Jazz Immortal (Esoteric; 2 sides LP). A little of the disorganized noise from Minton's Playhouse in Harlem, where bop came into its own, plus some agile string-picking by the late great Goodman guitarist.

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Music: New Pop Records, may 7, 1951 | 5/7/1951 | See Source »

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