Word: themes
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...calls itself civilized, the more imperturbably it shrugs at the death of men by millions. Hence, too, the surprising fact that the name of one of the century's three or four most remarkable writers is still practically unknown in the U.S. For Franz Kafka's unrelenting theme, told and retold in some of the greatest horror stories ever written (The Castle, The Trial, Metamorphosis, the stories in The Great Wall of China), was the nature of God and man's relationship...
...necessary to emphasize again and again German unity ... a popular theme on which to work. ... All activities of the U.S. and Great Britain in western Germany opposed to our interests must be attacked continuously as undemocratic interference...
...theme of the play has as much (and no more) validity in 1947 as it had in 1921: we should aspire to live longer if we wish to live, and govern, well. Our statesmen are "not old enough for their jobs." Now an irrepressible 90, Bernard Shaw adds in his postscript...
Arriving with all the polish accumulated during its long Manhattan run, "Anna Lucasta" combines enough punch and discriminate pacing to present a mundane theme in an engrossing manner. With an all-Negro cast that has added the experience of a long run to its initial first-night spark, this comedy-drama successfully handles the story of a prostitute who for the first time is loved for what she is, not for what she represents; and does this by neither patronizing the subject nor burlesquing it. The story is realistic without being objectionable, and includes just enough finesse to slip...
Continuing the theme of his annual report to the Board of Overseers, in which he cited a need for government-sponsored two-year colleges, President Conant labeled the present situation "truly shocking" as he turned his attention to the lack of funds for the nation's grade and high schools...