Word: magic
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...Magic Eye. Even getting arrested had been an ordeal, Malskat testified. No one wanted to believe him, and for good reason. The recent 700th anniversary of Lübeck's St. Mary's, centered around the "restored" church murals, had been the civic event of a generation, attended by Germany's Chancellor Konrad Adenauer, and celebrated, with 2,000,000 special anniversary stamps showing a detail from Malskat's forged work. Lübeck winced as Malskat described how he had blithely gone about his work, perched on top of a 90-ft. scaffold inside...
Artist Malskat was delighted when he heard visiting experts point to "the magic eye of yonder prophet," refrained from pointing out: "Yonder prophet was my father, a Königsberg secondhand clothing dealer." Malskat watched visitors gaze in rapt concentration at "the peaceful lines in the face of the old Gothic King," unaware that they were actually looking at Malskat's portrait of Rasputin. "I learned a lot of things about my art," Malskat told the court. A student, basing her doctor's thesis on the murals, wrote: "The splendid figure of Mary bears the brush marks...
Medicine has made spectacular strides in the 20th century, but people may be too impressed with its wonders. Said John L. Bach, A.M.A. press chief, speaking before a gathering of doctors in Hattiesburg, Miss.: "The word 'science' now carries some of the connotations of magic in the nonscientific man's vocabulary. So much has been written on what's new in medical science and what science reveals that it is [hard] for the man in the street to understand where science leaves off and science fiction begins." As a result, said Bach, the patient often reveres...
...Disney magic, says Salvador Dali, who once worked with Walt for three months, is "innocence in action. He has the innocence and unselfconsciousness of a child. He still looks at the world with uncontaminated wonder, and with all living things he has a terrific sympathy. It was the most natural thing in the world for him to imagine that mice and squirrels might have feelings just like...
SOME OTHER NEW millionaires who have hit the magic mark...