Word: impactions
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...moral terms; it clearly insists on individual responsibility. It also attacks the mind wholly by way of the emotions. And with its unblushing penchant for theater-tense atmosphere, patly timed revelations and whopping climaxes-it is a compelling rather than an entirely convincing play. The production adds to the impact: Ed Begley as Keller, Beth Merrill as Keller's wife, and above all Arthur Kennedy as Keller's son, play with consistent force...
...week progressed the schedule changed gradually, as it usually does, under the impact of the news. The Armed Forces merger, announced late Thursday, was added to the schedule...
...plot in the piece is about as substantial as a black chiffon nightgown and not half as exciting. Botty Grable, the first woman typist, is sent to Boston to work in an office which soon feels the impact of the distaff side as spitoons go out and chintz comes in. You won't be surprised to know that Dick Haymes is the thriving, moderately blue-blooded manager of the company. Emancipated at last, Miss Grable is soon deep in the suffrage movement, of which Mr. Haymes does not approve. Take it from there...
...Here is the answer: under the impact of the most sanguinary and divisive conflict in history, the World Christian Movement not only stood, strained but unshattered; it has gone forward-slowly, painfully, but steadily, surely . . . and in its every aspect. All over the world, the Christian Church has been discovered in unexpected strength and significance. In Europe, the Church has been discovered as the one indomitable champion of justice and truth, defender of the persecuted and oppressed. . . . The quisling press of Norway paid its reluctant tribute when it declared: 'The Christian Front is the most difficult to conquer...
...Chaplin mustaches, slither around the stage, eager to rehoist the banner of fascism, and badly oriented American troops sell nylons and democracy for nightly fraternization. These are all familiar themes, stories that fill the columns of our daily papers. But the effect of the news releases cannot approach the impact achieved by portraying the scenes on the stage...