Word: humanity
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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Albert Einstein. The Human Side. By Helen Dukas and Banesh Hoffman. (Princeton, $8.95): If all secretaries wrote books the shelves would be full of apalling revelations. But Einstein's secretary--with the aid of a former colleague--has only commendable and tender words for America's most apotheosized scientist. Your Grandmother or great-uncle Larry will love...
There is nothing that arouses more indignation than to feel misquoted and misrepresented. It is very tempting to objectify Fried as a malicious reporter, and overlook the possibility that these misquotations are products of human error. This whole experience, however, highlights what I see as a problematic area in newspaper reporting. I believe this may be reduced if Crimson reporters would, in the future, allow a person, if quoted extensively, to see or hear over the phone what the reporter has decided to put in print. This would ensure that the information is being accurately presented. I feel...
Benton gives Kramer vs. Kramer its lifelike quality by clearing away the artifice that most American film makers use to shape human experience into so-called entertainment. His screenplay strips away unnecessary detail and background from Gorman's novel; his direction concentrates on the characters' feelings above all else. Music is never used to heighten a scene, and the camera moves only when the actors' wanderings force it to do so. Benton's focus is so tight that Kramer shows a far more domestic and grittier view of Manhattan than the Allen and Mazursky films...
...thus doing the work of blood while giving the body a chance to replenish its own supply. The Fluosol is gradually excreted; after 65 days, half of it is gone. Developed in Japan at Kobe University and the Green Cross pharmaceutical company, it is now being tested there in human patients. If artificial blood is eventually approved for general use, it will be a boon not only to Jehovah's Witnesses, but in any case where blood is not easily obtainable, or when there is no time to match blood types-on the battlefield, for example...
Anthropomorphism is Lobel's strength: all of his creatures appear to be good-natured humans in animal suits. In Tales of Oliver Pig (Dial; $5.89) he illustrates Jean Van Leeuwen's prose with a family of pigs whose siblings squabble, whose mother has bouts of sadness and whose father can be arbitrary as well as forgiving. A bit hamhanded, but certain to be hogged by parents and children who know why Aesop told human truths with a cast of animals...