Word: humanity
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...flatly and unexcitedly over the air that: 1) France would willingly discuss Italy's demands as soon as Italy clarified them; but 2) France would not "cede a foot of our land nor one of our rights." Such words, said President Lebrun, were "calm, firm, loyal, courageous, and human." This week, for the first time in months, those adjectives applied as well to many a bucked-up French citizen...
...those who protest that rat emotions are not to be compared with human emotions, Dr. Hall replies that human psychology has evolved directly from animal psychology-and that if you do make such a protest "you are not really an evolutionist, and therefore your views deserve little serious consideration...
Cellulose nitrate was the first binder used; actinic rays in sunshine turned this disagreeably brown. Cellulose acetate as a binder and actinic-filtering glass stopped the discoloration. But the glass was hard and, though it did not fly into lacerating fragments, a human head striking it fared badly. Moreover, it became brittle in cold weather. The new glass is not only soft for safety but keeps its effectiveness at temperatures around zero...
...copying Vermeer and Leonardo, he discovered by self-analysis in Paris that he had a persecution complex (paranoia). His oil technique remains that of a brilliant, baleful Vermeer; his images are obsessive, malignant, and recur in painting after painting: unearthly shores and infinite plains, cliffs glowing with sunset, exhausted human profiles on flesh-blobs like stranded sea cows, attenuated human limbs held up by forked props and peduncles, shiny French telephones, lustrous big black ants. No. 1 criticism of Dali is that he repeats himself too much: he is unfortunately limited as a dreamer. No. 2 criticism is that...
...biggest scene in The Thibaults, this one of Antoine's medical and amorous initiation, is also an excellent illustration of Roger Martin du Card's art. It shows his handling of mature, accomplished characters, his mastery of suspense, his trick of giving his characters homely, human reflections at exalted moments in their lives. Unique among French novels, The Thibaults tells a frank, sometimes scandalous story with deceptive innocence, makes the most hackneyed theme of modern fiction-the breakup of a family-fresh, unexpected, unusual...