Word: expressionism
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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The Ideal. Making a point that he hammered again and again during his visit, Nixon said: "Material progress is important, but the very heart of the American ideal is that 'man does not live by bread alone.' Progress without freedom, to use a common expression, is like '...
"A sou is a sou," the French used to say, pocketing the 5-centime change on their glass of Pernod. But this ancient expression of French thrift became meaningless when, with the fall of the franc that began with World War I, the sou gradually descended to its present poker...
Chewing Firecrackers. Physically, Frol Kozlov is a sturdy specimen (5 ft. 8 in., 176 Ibs.) of Kremlin man. His hands are small and active, and so are his well-shod feet. He has a big, oval face, pale as a Siberian snowfall, and his nose is straight and narrow-bridged...
After taking time to go to the movies, the U.S. Supreme Court last week unanimously came out for free expression of ideas on the screen or elsewhere-even if the ideas happen to be adultery, "socialism or the single tax," or presumably anything anyone can think of.
"It is contended," wrote Justice Potter Stewart, "that the State's action was justified because the motion picture attractively portrays a relationship which is contrary to the moral standards, the religious precepts and the legal code of its citizenry. The argument misconceives what it is that the Constitution protects...