Word: mental
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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Herter's real forte lay in games of mental exercise, particularly bridge. "He was an expert bridge player then, and still is," one friend commented...
Sick and tired of widely parroted statistics that one out of 16 persons (or, some say, one out of ten) will spend part of his life in a mental hospital, famed Psychiatrist William C. Menninger came out with a sweeping statistic of his own last week. He told the National Association for Mental Health: "Even the most startling of these figures . . . refer only to extreme cases of mental disorder. [They] overlook the common, everyday emotional disturbances which can be as upsetting and incapacitating as many of the physical illnesses. When we take these into account, the toll of mental...
There are doubtless other men in Melbourne's Olympic Village who take their talents as seriously. None has been more successful than O'Brien in combining what he calls "M.A." (mental attitude) and "P.A." (physical aptitude). Smooth interaction of the two enabled him to become the first man ever to toss the shot beyond 60 ft.-a feat comparable to the four-minute mile. His farthest throw, of 63 ft. 2 in., is more than 6 ft. farther than his 1952 Olympic record. He is an almost sure bet to win his second Olympic Gold Medal...
...this is, to some extent, unavoidable in a work of this scope. It is partly remedied by the extensive use of Van Gogh's letters to his brother. The movie does not greatly misrepresent Van Gogh, and fortunately focuses more upon the man as an artist than upon his mental aberrations. Lust for Life is a highly satisfying movie biography and art film...
Still, we feel obligated to enlighten you. It seems to us that the real Bohemian must contribuute more than mere color to this drab existence. The rigors of Bohemianism--which seem to involve both the physical pain of over-indulgence and considerable mental anguish (and even disorder)--surely do not make it a pleasurable state. One must assume, therefore, that a real Bohemian must have a purpose for his revolt. The actions of a real Bohemian must be useful to his own purpose, and if they are, he must certainly be a very happy man. Now, his purpose...