Word: neuroticism
(lookup in dictionary)
(lookup stats)
Dates: during 1950-1959
Sort By: most recent first
(reverse)
Teachers, said Dr. Hoff, should keep in closer touch with parents about their pupils' problems. And they should have better training in detecting the neurotic symptoms which most commonly lead to suicide attempts-especially excessive daydreaming, sudden drops in grades, and social withdrawal from teachers and class mates. Dr...
Rhapsody (M-G-M). Americans have nobler characters than Europeans. All great music was written by either Tchaikovsky or Rachmaninoff. Artists are the hottest lovers. Good musicians have long hair. All rich people are neurotic. Rhapsody is a relatively harmless tissue of such debatable propositions.
To the credit of the cast, the actors try every bit as hard as their script writers. Kitty Carlisle, fresh from innumerable operettas, can get laughs without musical accompaniment, while MacDonald Carey, as her husband, is properly harassed. Lesser roles are handled by Phyllis Povab, a neurotic and amusing mother...
Most disturbing of the three is Jean Stafford's expertly written A Winter's Tale. With its prewar Heidelberg setting (where Author Stafford was once a student), its subtle mixture of Nazi erosion, false piety and neurotic love, this is not a story for those who want happy...
One of the mixed blessings of world leadership is the U.S. preoccupation with its many and varied allies. Around the volatile Italians, the politically neurotic French and the sensitive Spaniards, there is never a dull moment. Even those stout hearts of oak, the British, sometimes lash about and quiver like...