Word: slow
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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Although some men had to leave their regular jobs to clear Yard roadways for the trucks, and others shovelled around the building, this did not slow down construction, the University's representative on the building job said...
Clever, opium-puffing Producer Cocteau (his fans call him "the cleverest man alive") has allowed his pipe dreams only a soupcon of surrealist-Freudian flavor. The surreal touch is applied to several scenes with absolute poetic Tightness: by retarding to slow motion Beauty's terror-struck sprint through the Beast's castle, Cocteau conveys every decibel of the shriek she cannot release. There is also plenty of surreal wit: the Beast's eyes, ears, nose and fingernails fume when the fires of lust blaze up in him; and Beauty's tears turn to diamonds...
...slow to integrate, or the misfit, the years are torture. He is acutely aware of his difficulties, and he seeks desperately to get "in" with groups he knows. He watches the club group; he finds out he is excluded if he does not meet certain restrictive standards. He watches the publications group; unless he has certain peculiar talents he cannot gain entry there. He may abhor politics, social work, card playing, or drinking; these groups are therefore out. The terms of the search should not be put too baldly, but it goes on nevertheless. Success equates with satisfaction, failure with...
...major drawback to Cannon is that the 200-men-per-10-minutes tramway is too slow for the large weekend crowds. Fast skiers who make the run in less than 30 minutes can beat the long delay by buying tickets for a ride in advance...
Lake Placid, home of the college week winter sports jamboree, is more a tobogganing and skating hangout than a ski resort. Although Mount Marcy, White Race, and Mount Jo have the best skiing in the Adirondacks, high living expenses, slow rope tow service, and difficult transportation facilities keep skiing at a minimum in this area.Skiing Photographs in this issue by Earl Scott '40Hillman's Highway, Mt. Washington, Now Hampshire, as soon from the ravine shelter, presents a formidable spectacle even to the expert...