Word: hysterias
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...Walter, who sometimes repeats a few measures so many times that the orchestra becomes bored, and, of course, their playing shows it. Munch never takes a big chance in any performance, but just enough is left in doubt to create the effect he desires. Thus, in performance, his personal hysteria mixed in with the highly sensitive orchestra often leads to extraordinarily exciting music...
...members of the House were unanimously in favor of H442. It is probable, as one representative has pointed out, that opponents of the measure were reluctant to speak for fear of bing branded "communist sympathizers." If this is so, it is a sad example of what the present hysteria can do to legislative bodies. The Sullivan Bill should never have been reported favorably out of committee; it should certainly never have passed the House. The Senate had better forget about the Red scare and kill this measure; otherwise, H442 may surprise everybody by being enacted into...
...doubt that our national legislature moves slowly even under optimum conditions, but a glance at the Congressional Record will prove that tremendous amounts of time have been consumed by committees and individual members talking about the "Red menace." In state legislatures, the diversion of energies is worse. Here the hysteria has resulted in definite action: the New York legislature now has a bill which would prevent anyone who backs "theories contrary to the Constitution" from voting or holding office...
...addition there is some comic diving at the close of the first act which reduced the patrons present opening night to partial hysteria, and probably left a greater impression on most people than the legitimate efforts of a few minutes earlier...
...light of this background, the recent statement was a very encouraging one. At a time when academic freedom in particular, and freedom of speech in general, are taking a bad beating because of the current wave of anti-communist hysteria, Dean Bender's strong re-affirmation of faith in the free exchange of ideas is a welcome reassurance that there are those who will not let themselves be brow-beaten by J. Parnell Thomas--or Fulton Lewis...