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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...sort of peeping-tom attitude, that seems to offer delight in a sort of pseudo-wickedness, yet is extremely embarrassed by acknowledgement of the physical facts. Clark refreshingly does not share this attitude nor disparage the sensual aspects of the art of the nude. "No nude, however abstract, should fail to arouse in the spectator some vestige of erotic feeling...

Author: By Gerald E. Bunker, | Title: Clark's Analysis of Nude Balances Real and Ideal | 5/10/1957 | See Source »

...takes exception to the Church shepherding the faithful, but to attempt to regulate by economic coercion what the remainder of the population can see and desires to see is a violation of a fundamental freedom. Their stand also seems to imply that the faithful would fail to take the Church's admonitions seriously, and that temptation must be removed from their path...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Baby Doll | 5/7/1957 | See Source »

...saddening to learn that only 9% of U.S. boatmen are sailboat enthusiasts. Even more so to conclude that the remaining 91% fail to experience or comprehend the beauty and sense of satisfaction a sailor receives when he combines his skill with the forces of nature to make white sails glide...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Letters, may 6, 1957 | 5/6/1957 | See Source »

...Carolyn Conn, 30, faced Judge Harry G. Hershenson in Chicago because her ex-husband complained that she would not allow Salk vaccination of their daughter Alyson, 7. Mrs. Conn protested that it was dangerous and against her religious beliefs as a Christian Scientist. Said the judge: "I fail to see where a religious issue is involved." He set a precedent by ordering Alyson to be taken to a doctor and vaccinated...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Medicine: Vaccine & the Law | 5/6/1957 | See Source »

Alfred Kaufman's set is awkward and careless, perhaps the keynotes of the show. It is not that these people are new-comers which makes this production fail, but that they have reached for the grandiose effects without any concern for the numerous details of scene and character that build up the effective image of heightened reality which is the heart of theatre...

Author: By Gerald E. Bunker, | Title: The Caine Mutiny Court Martial | 5/3/1957 | See Source »

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