Word: spiritism
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...JUNCTION. Another London slum saga based on a novel by Nell Dunn (Poor Cow) is saved from its pulpy sociology by Director Peter Collinson's extraordinary spirit of place, and Actress Suzy Kendall's widening range of talent...
...humane alternative. Seeking penitence (source of "penitentiary"), the Quakers locked convicts in solitary cells until death or release. So many died or went insane that in 1825 New York's Auburn Prison introduced hard labor-in utter silence. Until quite recently, the U.S. relied almost entirely on the spirit-breaking Auburn system of shaved heads, lock-step marching and degrading toil in huge, costly, isolated cages that soothed the public's fear of escapes...
...fretful, without being particularly penetrating or fresh. Considering how talky the evening is, Burgess Meredith's direction wings it along at a dancing pace with frenetic motion and effervescent, semi-psychedelic lighting. It may be an ironic reflection of the health, resilience and confidence of the U.S. spirit that the play, despite transparent distaste for American capitalism, was supported, promoted, and frequently applauded by an audience liberally sprinkled with Dallas millionaires...
...worked unceasingly to bring Christianity in tune with the secular realities of the times. A fervent ecumenicist, he called for an end to divisive tensions between Christians and Jews, between Roman Catholics and Protestants. Christianity, he argued, could only survive by bringing "new and deeper satisfaction to the human spirit...
...Walter Millis, 69, military journalist and historian; husband of Fashion Columnist Eugenia Sheppard; ot cancer; in Manhattan. During 30 years on the now defunct New York Herald Tribune, Millis established a reputation as one of the country's most lucid military commentators. His books ranged from The Martial Spirit (1931), which examined the origins of the Spanish-American War, to This Is Pearl! (1947), a study of U.S. unpreparedness against the Japanese attack. Recently, though, his articles turned more to politics than the conduct of arms, criticizing U.S. involvement in Viet Nam and voicing opposition to nuclear weapons...