Word: flinch
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...Rebellion," written by a student in memory of the Riot of 1819: "But Oh! the Sophs! their frantic yells Were louder far than lecture bells They form'd a ring about the Tree, And to this solemn oath agree: 'By This Almighty Plant, we swear. 'We will not flinch a single hair 'Until the laws of College rot, 'And government is sent...
...Rome would have suspected that anything of this sort was happening. Freud behaved much like any other tourist. But in no time he was up against yet another father-figure -Michelangelo's famed statue of Moses in the Church of San Pietro in Vincoli. Freud "used to flinch at the angry gaze as if he were one of the disobedient mob . . . 'But later, Freud promoted himself and identified himself with Moses. Thus he was able, writing in 1914 after the refections of Adler, Stekel and Jung, to put a new psychoanalytic interpretation on the 400-year-old statue...
...matter how some listeners may flinch at Bing's vocal wobble or his persistently overeasy manner, it is an impressive performance, for Crosby is identified with a long parade of popular tunes, from Pennies from Heaven to White Christmas to The Bells of St. Mary's. The U.S. may have changed in 20 years, but not Crosbyland: the emotions are pleasant, never heated, and just a bit weary, the words are confidently unsophisticated, the crooning exactly what it was when Bing made the first record put out by Decca (Just a Wearyin' for You) in 1934. Decca...
...Lawmakers flinch at proposing a cut in the tax on liquor, which was the first internal tax ever imposed by the U.S. Government. Enacted in 1791 (at a minimum of 7? a gallon), the liquor tax caused the Whisky Rebellion of 1794, now accounts for about 45% of the retail cost of liquor...
Studio One did not flinch at an unhappy ending. Smith groveled in a prison pit, was tortured into admitting that two and two make five, came screaming out of a chamber of hungry rats, and confirmed his fealty to Big Brother in an emotionless, post-brainwashing meeting with Julia. It was a production that could easily have gone embarrassingly grotesque at one false move, but maturity of view and painstaking execution (stagehands were fitted with felt shoe pads to keep out distracting noises) combined to make the first tele-version of Nineteen Eighty-Four a major TV achievement...