Word: sharper
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...measure for that treasure house of behaviorism, a courtroom. But the maneuvers always have pertinence: thus, the easy laughs at the expense of the psychiatrist are an integral part of the trial itself, not just a fillip for the show. What is sharp in the play is all the sharper for what is deliberately flat; no one understands better than Director Laughton the counter-theatricalism of the quiet manner...
...indecision inside the U.S. Government. But as the U.S. position under Eisenhower and Dulles became clearer and more consistent, it was bound to come into conflict with "neutralist" sentiment among the allies. In the last year of Truman-Acheson, the U.S.-British divergence was growing. It has become sharper...
...problem of extracurricular life at Wellesley, "if it can be called a problem" is one of seeing if there are ways in which the "extracurricular life can be given sharper direction to provide maximum values and satisfaction for more students...
...review of Fifth Amendment procedures. He spoke carefully (mimeographed copies of his speech included 44 legal and historical footnotes), in the tones of a lawyer addressing an intelligent and interested audience. He made it clear that only "the critical situation of our time" had forced him to seek a sharper definition of a basic constitutional right...
...opening game, however, the passing was sharper than might have been expected...