Word: sociale
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...shows have been our greatest problem," Miss Grace explained. On Monday, the first day of the drive, only 140 appeared at the Memorial Hall donation center, although 203 had registered. Miss Grace suggested that the failure is caused by "students who sign up to donate due to social pressure, not a desire to give...
...academic atmosphere where shallow sophistication is often the social posture, and skepticism a handy critical tool, the beauty of personal warmth and kindness is frequently forgotten. But there are those who feel that a desire to hoard information like gold can never replace the certainty that learning should be sifted and tempered with humanity to breed wisdom...
...operatic style, I think it's dangerous and forced." The mainstream of American drama ("I hate to use phrases like 'mainstream,'" says Tynan) has to do with "observable reality. I think--let's be frank--that Kazan has moved too far away from that without the moral or social realities that are necessary to sustain it. Even in a play like Our Town ... the performances are realistic, and the dialogue is, and that is its strength, not its staging tricks. Splendid as they are, it's as good a play without them. I don't think the conscious...
Confidant of F. Scott Fitzgerald and an inquisitive observer of many matters political, social, and literary, Wilson began his writing career as a reporter on the old New York Evening...
Wilson served as book reviewer for The New Yorker from 1914 to 1958, and has contributed a variety of pieces to that magazine. He is an expert in Russian social and political history...