Word: slight
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...Acting before the camera is much harder than performing on the stage. It requires more facial expression, especially with the eyes and every slight movement of the face or head which would be overlooked on the stage is caught by the impartial eye of the camera. In acting for the moving pictures one does not have the aid of one's voice, which, I find, is a very great asset on the stage. With all these means of expression cut off, the movie actor must rely almost entirely upon his or her face. As a result an actor must have...
...chances of the defendants bringing suit against the individual policemen is very slight but if they decided on doing this after the close of the present trial they could file either a criminal or civil suit...
...from an artistic point of view. No free publicity is given to shows which have parts expurgated nor to those from which the permission of production is withheld. True, the position is a difficult one, and the man who holds it must be well chosen. Yet these disadvantages are slight when the advantages of the plan are compared with the faults of a police censorship...
...their opinion on who they desire to be their President; possibly an election in Nicaragua will soon take place. At any rate, the appointment of Mr. Simpson means that the policy of the United States in regard to Nicaragua is to be altered in some degree, no matter how slight...
...Sacco and Vanzetti are executed, innocent of anything more than being radicals, the injustice done them will be of comparitively slight moment. Of far greater importance is the establishment of a precedent allowing political, religious, and social beliefs to enter into the decisions of criminal courts. And at such a price the dignity of the courts of Massachusetts is not worth saving...