Word: soul
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...never reached such a degree of collectivization as under our modern technology," Toynbee asserted. "But the pursuit of collective human power is opposed to the higher religions, which hold that the individual soul is precious, so it is hard to see how they can coaxist permanently," he added...
...restrained emotion. Although Dolly Haas, who plays Anastasia, is forced to carry on in a heart-straining tremulo throughout the whole play, she manages to keep it from being tiresome. With her grandmother and her two muzhik, admirers she can even be exciting, while her portrayal of a psychotic soul returning to normality seems accurate, wherever it is allowed to peep through the rest of the hash in the play...
News of war in Europe failed to dislodge Stardust from the public soul. A Colorado vacationer climbed to the top of Lookout Mountain, where he discovered eight boys and girls around a campfire, eyes closed, singing in close harmony, with the professionalism of Glenn Miller's sax section. Their song: Stardust...
...blonde, Marilyn-Monroeish siren, a bland Hollywood agent with satanic powers, an illiterate Hollywood producer, an idling playwright who wrote a sock first play and can't get on with a second. And there is a shy, not very bright young fan-magazine writer who, by selling his soul in 10% slices to the agent, becomes a modern-day Faust...
...this long-suffering soul, Paul Buck's announcement yesterday must have appeared a godsend. The Director of the University Library, in saying that he "sympathized with the undergraduate request for longer hours," also indicated that he would move to extend Lamont's hours if the necessary funds could be found. Despite the addition of the conditional clause, Mr. Buck's stand is a gratifying indication that University policy towards Lamont hours has taken a turn for the better...