Word: hurtful
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...Thursday the Senator was punching harder and lower. "This is the first time I've ever seen the executive branch of the Government take the Fifth Amendment," he said, and charged that the Administration "must have something to hide." Friday he hinted sinisterly, "I think the truth would hurt some people in the Administration." And Saturday he backed up a little, merely calling the President's order "unfortunate and unwise...
Like the infighter he is, he was trying to turn a setback into an advantage. What he wants is an end to the hearings, which have hurt painfully and are still hurting...
Every Senate contest is important this fall and the President's decision, affecting thousands of Massachusetts watchworkers, may hurt Senator Saltonstall's chances...
...John Williams) down to the caddish assassin (Anthony Dawson). The crime is conceived by quick-witted Ray Milland, who, losing his wife's love, decides to murder her for her money rather than wait for her to leave him. A solicitous sort who doesn't want to hurt anyone unnecessarily, Milland arranges to spend the night of the murder on the town with his wife's lover (Robert Cummings) as his alibi. For his murder weapon, he selects an old college acquaintance who is amoral as an alley cat. The scene in which Milland bends Actor Dawson...
...generally indifferent acting also hurt In the Lion's Mouth. None of the actors gave their characters warmth or feeling. Both Arnold Aaron as the policeman and Andre Gregory as the sometime communist were too intellectual in their approaches, cutting off the audience's sympathy. And in fairness to the author, lines suggesting the human quality of the characters were quite evident. Messers. Aaron and Gregory, nevertheless, were quite consistent in their portrayals, and my quarrel is rather with their conception of the characters than with their skill...