Word: focusing
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...cluttered kitchen tables precisely because it is "common to everyone." It is a world in which the plumber is hero, being both "a craftsman and a necessity." A good part of the Kitchen-Sink work looks as if a plumber could have painted it, including some still lifes that focus hard on that hardy piece of English enamelware, the water closet. But at its best the new realism has the effect of a pint of bitter-tart proof that Englishmen can still face life with relish...
...remarks significantly: "I have never been able to feel much optimism regarding the possibilities of higher education when it is built upon warped and weak foundations.... philosophizing should focus about education as the supreme human interest...
Discussion will focus on possible ways of lowering labor and administration expenses and on the question of uniform menus...
...Harvard Graduate School of Design last year dealt with northern New England, particularly land use, Isaacs, explained. This year, with Yale assisting, the two groups can better focus on southern New England industry. Since the Yale group's attitude is more attuned with the New York metropolitan area, it can contribute to a broader basis for study, Isaacs said...
...lingers over each stiuation just long enough to make its point, then hurries on to the next. Things happen fast: brawls and arguments occur quickly enough to seem truly brutal. The only fault of the movie lies in its curious lack of proportion in handling its love scenes. The focus on Harvey's affair is so weighty that there is a tendency to watch it for its own sake and not as an integral part of the story. Drawn out and over-explicit, it presents a misleading picture of the affair, making it cloying and ponderous rather than electric...