Word: familiarization
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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there was something mighty familiar about the way Harry Truman was acting. Almost every time he got a chance to say a few words in public, he had a mouthful of invective for his opponents and fulsome praise for his Administration...
...rehabilitation, Kessler pointed out, orthopedists can now take advantage of the amputee's familiar "phantom limb" sensation, i.e., after an amputation, patients often "feel" pain in the lost member. Instead of trying to get rid of this sensation, doctors in Vaduz, capital of the postage-stamp principality of Liechtenstein, have been urging patients to cultivate it, e.g., by flexing the muscles in the arm stump, as if opening and closing the hand. Thus the muscle is kept active, and rehabilitation (with an electric hand) can be speeded...
...Wild North (MGM) revives that familiar old figure of fresh-air fiction, the Canadian Mountie (Wendell Corey) who is out to get his man. In this version the quarry is a killer (Stewart Granger) who, as it turns out, has done his shooting in self-defense. On the way back, a wolf pack takes a few bites out of Corey, and Granger ends up by bringing in the Mountie. Also present: a beautiful Indian girl (Cyd Charisse) who is fond of Granger. There are vivid color shots of the snowy north country and several lusty action scenes, but The Wild...
...minor water-fight began in the Yard and spread to the Square despite the efforts of University police to quell it. Over 200 undergraduates soon joined in on the fun before the familiar sirens were heard screaming down Mass. Avenue...
...With the familiar yell of "Up to Radcliffe", the mob headed north. One group built a monstrous bonfire, while another constructed a barricade across Concord Avenue. When the smoke and gas had cleared, only one student had been arrested, but 400 others went home minus their Bursar's cards...