Word: merely
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...play is like the short story. Each form, because it is brief, can convey tremendous intensity, yet this same brevity only allows an author to hint at a theme. Seldom has he time to develop an idea into more than a mere skeleton. For this reason, both forms often lead to triteness or to a vagueness that goes nowhere...
...peace in Korea, there has been no let up in the world tensions that make demands on American spending. Economizing on defense, foreign aid, and a multitude of inexpensive but important government services is penny pinching of a very dangerous kind. The "burdens of world leadership" are more than mere patriotic oratory; they are real pains that every American must necessarily feel in his pocketbook...
...artists were remarkably fortunate in their accompanists, and pianist Robert Freeman '57 imparted a subtlety to the Hindemith sonata that matched Mr. Gelley's. Melville Smith's brilliant harpsichord playing transcended the role of mere continue and turned the keyboard into an integral part of the ensemble. Midway in the evening, he delighted the audience with an interlude of harpsichord pieces by Byrd, Bull, and L. Couperin. They provided contrast to the suave tone of the woodwinds and added a touch of brighter color that perfectly balanced the program. ROBERT M. SIMON
...profession suits John's heart as well as it does his talent. He seems to regard the world as a magnificent house party, rich in gypsies, intellectuals, artists, celebrities and, above all, aristocrats. But John is no mere lion hunter at the party; he is a legendary lion himself, able to play every role from stuffy country gentleman to rollicking bohemian in gold earrings. "The line of lawyers from which I spring weakened apparently by repetition, seems to have exhausted itself," he once explained, "and in a final spasm brought forth a kind of recidivist, throwback or survival...
...Public notice of Jandreau's decision came in G.E.'s Schenectady plant one lunch hour last week, when shop stewards of Local 301 fanned out to poll the members on the switch. The result, they said, was 10,000 in favor v. a mere 200 opposed. U.E.'s National President Albert Fitzgerald promptly notified Jandreau that he was fired, then got a temporary court injuction prohibiting him from "taking any steps or any act to secede from U.E." contrary to the union's constitution. Nevertheless, at a meeting of the Schenectady local this week, members voted...