Word: standardizer
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...Czechoslovakia, however, is another story. I arrived the day before the Benes resignation-and the gloomy atmosphere enveloped me almost at once. People have all acquired the standard tell-tale gesture of the police state-the hunched shoulders, the furtive glances to right and left before one starts to talk. (Ambassador Steinhardt's telephone was housed in a heavily insulated box; it seems that the Russians have a supersensitive pick-up that eavesdrops on a conversation over the telephone, through voice vibrations in the room, even when the instrument is not in use.) But in Czechoslovakia today, people simply...
...your own home and matriculate!" cooed the announcer. "Hug the radio and become a college student! In cooperation with the University of Louisville, WHAS presents for the first time over any standard commercial station a college course for credit...
Healing Touch. Dr. Fernald uses every standard psychological trick in the book to gain the confidence of her "patients." But more important, she really likes children. Young students, warped by years of being called "dumb," are greeted by a warm and sympathetic smile, a gentle, unhurried approach and the flattery of being talked to as equals. She has the same easy way with animals. There is always at least one dog and one cat in her Beverly Hills home, and she frequently tries to persuade students in her undergraduate psychology classes to find homes for the strays she picks...
Graduation over, he settled down last week at the University of Chicago's summer school to work on a master's degree in economics. He expected it would take him the standard two years...
...camera showed Mlle. Mala, a pretty actress named Irene Champlin and a Rubinstein operator named Nicky. "I am ready for the new look in make-up," Irene announced. But before going to work on the skin Mlle. Mala gave Irene a "person-alysis" (standard Rubinstein treatment). "If you want to be a good actress," she said, "concentrate on it. Without hard work we just achieve nothing." Delivered of this thought, Mlle. Mala told Nicky to "oval out [Irene's] jaws . . . utilize the cheekbones . . . bring more personality to the eyes . . . give the lips a little bit more luscious look...