Word: neuroticism
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...great in stature, great in battle, great in his defiance of the Roman mob, great in his pride. There is nothing petty about him, but Gershuny, by sweeping about with a Byronic cloak and consistently overplaying, managed often to defeat his purpose and reduce the great man to mere neuroticism. But this is a question of interpretation and perhaps I am wrong; certainly Gershuny is an actor of great ability...
Personal factors affected a good number of the answers, according to Rossi. Students were more willing to join up if their grades were low--probably on the assumption that if the inevitable is coming soon, one might as well enjoy it. Yet, those who admitted they were "not enjoying" college...
The Climate of Eden (adapted by Moss Hart from Edgar Mittelholzer's novel Shadows Move Among Them) is unusual in itself and more unusual for Moss Hart. This time Hart is neither sandpapering comedy gags nor polishing dramatic commonplaces. He has been lured to the jungle of British Guiana...
De Grazia's panacea for mental ills has three parts: 1) recognition of the moral nature of the neurotic problem, 2) an institution to give moral assistance promptly wherever needed, and 3) a model man of ideal character, in whose image patients would be remade.
"I have often thought. I hope not heretically, that humility, even more than charity, is the distinguishing mark of the Christian. Charity, in the sense of benevolence, may spring from many sources. Humility is, in my experience, almost inseparable from a Christian conception of the relationship between God and man...