Word: idealistic
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...actors try hard to deal with the strained situation into which Mr. Stewart has thrust them, but they are even further burdened because the author has sought to redeem his efforts by larding the lines with metaphor. The idealist, for example, has "gotten off the merry-go-around" and has "stopped grabbing for the golden ring." By overcoming these difficulties in parts that only border on the convincing, Paul Langton, as the fellow no longer on the carousel, and Ted Newton, the successful businessman, deserve commendation. Also Jocelyn Brando plays well a scene of considerable emotion...
...pilots") and their flocks: "It is gratifying to observe idiots crowding forward to be instructed in ignorance." He jeered at fraternal organizations ("The Improved Order of Flatheads"), composed A Rational Anthem ("My country, 'tis of thee,/Sweet land of felony"). Like many a cynic, he was an inverted idealist. He railed at corrupt politicos, fought the railroad barons, dubbed Leland Stanford "Zeland Stanford...
...valo's successor is anything but an idealist and dreamer. Colonel Arbenz is a soldier, whose road to the presidency was suddenly cleared one day in July 1949 when the popular favorite for the succession, Army Boss Francisco Araña, was cut down by assassins' bullets. In his first speech, after donning the blue & white sash of office last week, he was guarded and noncommittal. His new cabinet reflected the left-center coalition that had elected him. As his foreign minister he picked a left-winger, but he also assigned an important place as minister without portfolio...
...gallery is the brainchild of an energetic idealist named Hugh Stix, who divides his work week between it and the grocery business. Stix's self-appointed task is to provide a free window for the most creative artists he can find. "This is just a pilot operation," he says. "We should have at least 20 galleries like ours in this city and one in every city in the country...
EURJ Robert Clarkson Clothier, 66, president of Rutgers since 1932, announced that he would retire before the end of the school year. Bob Clothier, a reliable idealist, has guided Rutgers to a solid doubling of size and influence and won a front place for himself among U.S. educational spokesmen...