Word: sicklies
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...Loiterer. The possessor of a considerable comic talent, Ticknor also displayed a strong tenor voice. The biggest voice in the cast, however, belonged to Herbert Gibson, who played Daniel Webster with a wonderful mock dignity. In smaller parts, John Morabito gave an amusing portrayal of the love-sick but proper John Adams, while Sylvia Skolnick enlivened the role of a militant feminist, Jenny Reefer. The cause of suffrage received lusty support from Judy Moore as Lillian Russell...
Each of them scarred by ugly memories, they enact-as man and woman, as menial and lady-an ugly drama. Their spitting and clawing seems sick, savage, yet never beyond belief. In the current production, the play's power is more spasmodic than sustained; despite George Tabori's playable adaptation, too much tends to date. Though Swedish-born Viveca Lindfors succeeds in the title role, James Daly overstresses what is crude in the valet by a crudity of attack. Even so, Miss Julie has explosive elements that neither O'Neill, Hellman nor Tennessee Williams has ever surpassed...
...fewer than 172 out of 200 patients chosen at random as a cross section of those admitted to the Cincinnati General Hospital for surgery were sick in mind as well as body. Almost half of the 172 showed a "significant relationship" between their physical and mental illnesses -one had caused or aggravated the other...
...have so frequently heard, of someone in a youth group, or someone helping youngsters to use their leisure time, 'Oh, he isn't trained,' or 'She isn't a trained social worker,' said in a tone of contempt. I'm sick to death of trained social workers! I don't mind how many degrees, nor how many hours and years someone has worked for those degrees! What good is he if he hasn't an understanding heart...
...hour in fringe benefits. Relations between Republic and the I.A.M. have been poor ever since the union organized the plant in 1950. The union now has 12,000 members, leaving another 7,000 workers nonunion. The local is faction-ridden, has twice pulled wildcat walkouts. After a 1952 "sick" strike, the irritated international censured the local leaders...