Word: modernizations
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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Anyone seriously interested in modern American drama should become acquainted with A Clearing in the Woods. It is a fine play, and some day will be generally recognized as such...
...Church's Chance. Birth control and the problem of overpopulation is expected to be the biggest issue in the discussion of THE FAMILY IN MODERN SOCIETY. The bishops will probably come out in favor of birth control education. In the words of the preliminary report, "Christians may give support to any government deciding to encourage family planning in conjunction with efforts to raise the standing of living...
...impulse, sent for his wife and son, and settled down in Fairbanks. The troubles he encountered in trying to run a business in a territory convinced him that statehood was the only answer for Alaska. With a booster's confidence in the future, Snedden bought an expensive, highly modern press capable of handling a press run of 200,000 (his present circulation is only 9,495), now turns out some of the handsomest newspaper color work in the nation. Publisher Snedden will not say how much money he has spent on his crusade ("Too damn much-just...
Eventually the modern U.S. auto may count 25% to 40% of its total weight in aluminum. The major stumbling block has always been cost: aluminum for engines costs about three times as much as grey iron. Yet many engineers are coming around to the theory that costs even out in the long run, since aluminum costs less to machine and process. Moreover, it has many other advantages-no chip, no pit, no peel, no rust. But the biggest advantage of all is in performance. In recent tests with two cars identical except for a difference of 400 lbs. in weight...
...Bronze Age. Theseus' character, as Author Renault develops it, is much like that of a modern adolescent gang leader, ready at any moment for a rumble with the neighboring gang. This rings truer to the spirit of the Bronze Age than Theseus' self-conscious habit of consulting his destiny every 15 minutes like a watch. While the heroes of the classic tragedies inevitably yield to their fate, Author Renault's Theseus seems a proto-conformist in his anxiety to learn and submit to the will of the gods...