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Word: soul (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1950-1959
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...despite all his limitations, Packard has written a fascinating book which raises some valid moral questions. His chapter headings--"The Built-In Seual Overtone,"--"Back to the Breast, and Beyond," Class and Caste in the Sales-room," "Selling Symbols to Upward Strivers," and "The Packaged Soul" indicate the nature of his subject matter. His description of the techniques used to sell Mrs. Middle Majority, "the darling of the advertiser," and those used to revive the cigarette holder, instant coffee, tea, margarine, and prune industries are intensely interesting...

Author: By Bryce E. Nelson, | Title: Man Discovered Irrational By Unfriendly Persuaders | 12/5/1957 | See Source »

...Brattle's latest Gallic import is unaffectedly gay, fresh, witty, and delightful without a single existential, soul-searching or morbid note. Fernandel is in his very best and unhackneyed form and Suzy Delair as his slightly dumpy but not unattractive wife is fully his match...

Author: By Gerald E. Bunker, | Title: Fernandel the Dressmaker | 12/4/1957 | See Source »

Miller took as the theme for this lecture, the first in a series of six, the quote: "The ego is more distant than any star." After examining two popular methods of understending the soul, introspection and dissection, he called for "location" as necessary for self-understanding...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Miller Hits Student Introspection, Says Soul's 'Location' Necessary | 12/2/1957 | See Source »

...current religious revival on college campuses has become "a force to get self-knowledge," Miller commented. He criticized this conception, stating, "The soul's maturity may be measured by the degree to which it is bored with itself. This system--introspection--seeks maturity by a system that itself is immature...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Miller Hits Student Introspection, Says Soul's 'Location' Necessary | 12/2/1957 | See Source »

After discarding both introspection and scientific dissection to gain an understanding of the soul, Miller called for self-identification by location. "Neither measurement nor introspection can give the true measurement of man's worth," Miller commented, "Man knows himself by the company he keeps...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Miller Hits Student Introspection, Says Soul's 'Location' Necessary | 12/2/1957 | See Source »

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