Word: shoulder
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...theatricals revived this year by the Hasty Pudding-Institute of 1770 represent more than good--and terribly traditional--entertainment. They are almost the only tangible contribution that Harvard's social club civilization makes to the College community. They shoulder a heavy responsibility, and they bear it, this year at least, with distinction...
Jack Benny, who makes self-ridicule pay, carried a $10,000 chip on his shoulder last week. The wag from Waukegan asked NBC listeners for 50-word statements be ginning "I can't stand Jack Benny because...." The contest began as a scriptwriter's gag, but Benny took it seriously. Jack will be able to pay the prize money, without damage to his skinflint radio reputation : it will all be chargeable to program promotion, deductible for income...
...probably regain independence, of a sort. But Boston's Surgeon Donald Munro, who has seen it happen, is sure that they can. Says he: "If he is properly treated, every patient with a spinal cord injury who is intelligent and cooperative and has the use of the shoulder, arm and hand muscles can be made ambulatory . . . lead a normal social life and . . . earn a satisfactory living...
...progress is agonizingly slow. Up to now, some paraplegics have spent most of their time fighting infections, undergoing surgery. Walking, if finally mastered, is a titanic effort of shoulder muscles - of braces weighing 15 lbs. which take 15 minutes to put on. Most of the patients prefer to stick to the wheelchair...
...picture's production tricks are obvious enough but very effective: no one ever moves without glancing back over his shoulder; the camera eye blurs with rage as Powell's fists beat & beat at the villain's face; the screen goes black while the hero fumbles about in a dark room ; two characters hold an important conversation near a subway track so that nearly every sentence is suspensefully interrupted by the roar of a passing train...