Word: following
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...Approved a controversial statement (TIME, Aug. 12) urging that nations testing nuclear weapons stop such tests for a trial period, even lacking international agreements, in hopes that other governments might follow their example...
...only real shortcoming in this production is Frances Starr's performance in the important role of James' mother. Of course almost anyone would be at a disadvantage in having to follow Dame Sybil Thorndike, who premiered the role with such magnetic grandeur. But Miss Starr is woefully inadequate to the demands of the part. Mrs. Callifer is a protective woman who is used to having her way and being the boss; hers is a dominant personality. In Miss Starr's hands she emerges as a soft and weak character. It's too bad that Florence Reed was not retained...
...preview of the presidential elections set for next Feb. 23, last week's results proved little. If Frondizi could work out a pact with the Peronistas and still hold onto his present following, he would win-but Perón has scorned Frondizi's overtures and shows no sign of warming up. The People's Radicals might well follow up last week's victory-if they can find a candidate capable of uniting the party-by pulling in the Frondizi backers, who were demoralized by his small vote in the Assembly election. The current front runner...
...called upon to spray himself with Bactine disinfectant and sing "Down go the mean old germs," take great chunks of Silver Cup Bread (backed by offbeat sound effects) and shriek "The Best Bread in Deeee-troit." When he downs his Vite-A-Minnies, children all over Detroit follow suit. "The mothers love me," says Soupy. He also gets the thanks of the fathers by offering such sound advice as: "When you are in the car with Daddy, don't shout or climb all over...
...Stimulated by this parental behavior," the psychiatrists say, "the child finds no outlet for his aroused sensual impulses. Eventually, mounting frustration and anger force him to follow one of two courses. One is regression to the relative safety of more infantile attitudes and behavior patterns . . . The other is physical aggression toward women. Neither course resolves the rage nor dissipates the overstimulated unconscious sexual drives...