Word: painless
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...does not plummet, but it passes a dividend. His effort to show that Army folk are somehow different from civilians, and stronger on the simpler virtues, falls flat because his examination of Mel never gets beyond his surface manner. The old Marquand narrative skill is still there, with its painless transitions and smooth flashbacks. The talk is easy and natural, whether the talkers are Pentagon brass or radio tinhorns. But they all seem to be saying the things that better Marquand characters have said before...
...take three credit hours of Introductory Psychology (9 to 9:30, Mon., Wed. and Fri. mornings) and two hours of Comparative European Literature since 1914 (9 to 9:30, Tues. and Thurs.). Ambitious scholars can ask questions by mail and hear them answered in a later lecture. But painless as this program of home education may seem, the finest TV receiver on the market will not eliminate the last big hurdle. Living-room collegians will have to make at least one trip to the campus to struggle through the standard classroom version of a final exam, with no coaching from...
...Lombardo Souvenirs (Decca; 2 sides LP). Old favorites (Confessing Soon, Somebody Loves Me) reduced to the elemental Lombardo formula that after 25 years keeps right on making fox trots and waltzes painless for U.S. dancers...
Tailored News. The big changeover was not entirely painless. Wire-service editors had to abandon such favorite interruptions as flashes, bulletins and new leads, except for major news breaks. They had to cut down long, rambling stories from New York and Washington to a size convenient for the cramped space of small papers. For their part, participating publishers had to use the same sizes of body type so the A.P.'s and U.P.'s spacing would fit all columns. And they had to jettison their favorite eccentricities of style, accept wire-service punctuation, capitalization and word division...
Benfield makes 132, Electricity and Magnetism--Alternating Currents, a useful course, as painless as possible. He is an excellent lecturer, gets material across, and is very easy to take notes on. Physics 131, Electricity and Magnetism--Electrostatics and Direct Currents, is a good course, but Robert V. Pound is a poor, uninspiring lecturer, who merely throws the book back at the students. Both courses are blessed with long and hard labs...