Word: minding
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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Anyone with this turn of mind was potentially a railfan, but there were negative factors to be considered, such as coal dust allergies and love of quiet. And there were still quite a few people around who just didn't like any machines...
...least mature members of the University," the Yale Daily News commented earlier. Observing that the contest was conducted with "less than unassailable good taste," the News called this promotion "symptomatic of drives and attitudes favoring the gaudy and the gauche that are apparently inherent in the Yale mind...
...only apparent relationship between the two statements above is an entirely arbitrary one: they are connected by a semi-colon. In actuality, the only connection is equally arbitrary, but since it exists in the mind of the administration, it has the force of law for the college...
...between an oddly Germanic type of flowing grace and a more indigenous forcefulness of expression, the product is unresolved. At times, especially in the matter of such problems as the portrayal of facial expressions, Marcks' drawing becomes trivial, often being nothing short of silly. Ironically enough, this brings to mind Maillol's observation that "grimaces come too easily...
...constant game of musical chairs is being played by corporations with large advertising accounts, and to please the sponsor, program directors beam their shows at the all-important mythical twelve-year-old mind. There are exceptions of course: "Twentieth Century," a new documentary series, is one. The Prudential Insurance Company recently cancelled a commercial so that the effectiveness of a dramatization of Winston Churchill's life would not be impaired. ALCOA and U.S. Steel are disinterested sponsors who usually do not attempt to interfere with the program...