Word: portion
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...True, the uneasy scientist who casts his lot with military-sponsored research is in a dilemma conceived in the unresolved conflict with his military counterpart [TIME, Nov. 1], but must he not hold himself accountable for an equal portion of this deplorable spectacle? Americans have a weakness for making heroes of all who "arrive"-movie stars, football players, etc. It is indeed regrettable that only a few so acclaimed can weather the strain without becoming stage-struck prima donnas. Generals and scientists are not exceptions . . . Many scientists now feature themselves as authorities on international and domestic politics, industrial and governmental...
...hard sense, of ruefulness and worldliness, that requires delicately simple treatment. As a play enfolded in music, it could be both piquant and touching. As a grandiose spectacle-with undersea ballets, waterfront fandangos and full-rigged ships crossing the stage -the story becomes both sluggish and slapdash. The heaping portion has been substituted for the proper food...
Meanwhile, the New York State Republican party faces the prospect of an internal struggle for power. For it is questionable whether Dewey can hope to retain even a portion of his earlier political influence. A retiring governor ordinarily has little enough power in the state organization, even if he is able to select his successor. But a governor whose hand-picked candidate goes down to defeat is likely to find himself a political outcast. The result may be a dangerous power vacuum within the state party...
...hour program began a little pompously with a Biblical quotation (naturally -"Let there be light!"). But it soon came down from the clouds with an amusing review of early disasters in the appliance field (e.g., washing machines that shredded dresses; refrigerators with unmovable ice cubes). The filmed portion of the show included a lively excerpt from Tom Sawyer (the scene where Tom dupes his friends into whitewashing Aunt Polly's fence); an old but still very funny Robert Benchley short about the care and feeding of infants, and the dramatization of an inspirational John Steinbeck story, starring Brandon...
...survey of the most common replies was prepared by a trained staff and a portion of it reads as follows...