Word: mass
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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Cambridge, Mass...
Louis H. HAMEL JR. Bradford, Mass...
period of mass murder and torture and revolutionary methods becomes more and more remote, as the standard of the people rises, surely these very intelligent people will not be content forever with what is called the materialist doctrine. Sooner or later, however strong or coercive the central government, these men and women will begin to ask themselves the questions that man has always posed since first he came into the world. They will ask themselves the old questions and search for the answers: Who made us; why are we here; what is the purpose of life; is there right...
...play tenths and simultaneously thirds between thumb and forefinger. His bravura passages are majestic with no hint of pounding, his pianissimos a wonder of velvety control. His flexible rhythm gives even the most familiar music unexpected tensions. As he plays, his faunlike face registers emotion like a mass of exposed nerve ends, winces in a spasm of pain when he hits one of his rare wrong notes...
...statistics that few businessmen consult, she showed that the proportion of middle-income families has risen from 37% in 1947 to 43% in 1957. "What does it all mean? It means that one of the greatest economic social revolutions of all time-the surging growth in America of a mass middle-income class-is still going on. It means that industry should be placing more, not less, stress on the middle-income market...