Word: utters
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...streets are clean and orderly, and traffic jams are created by bicycles rather than cars. There is no litter, no beggars, no prostitution, no drug addiction, no alcoholism. Almost everyone wears drab, heavy-duty work clothes-children, however, are gaily and colorfully dressed-but there is no sense of utter poverty. Instead, workers and peasants alike beamingly tell Western visitors of their faith in Mao and his works, and convey a sense of happy participation in their society. Prof. Victor Sidel, of the Albert Einstein College of Medicine in New York, was favorably impressed by the quality of Chinese medicine...
...Bette Davis watching Anne Baxter's rise at the other end of the see-saw in All About Eve. Russell takes several such characters and manages to make them represent more than they could ever possibly be, which accounts for the exceeding richness of this film and also the utter excruciation of those scenes which last too long. When he can say so much so well, it's a pity he can't perceive and cut those places where he says nothing...
...identify himself by saying: "Hello, Mr. Howard Hughes. How was the weather?" Trouble was, Elson forgot the code question. This necessitated a new round of calls before Hughes was convinced that Elson was not an impostor. In 1948, when we did a cover story on Hughes, he did utter one prophetic statement about his future: "I'll make news...
...world's-imminent doom. In their most apocalyptic moments, they dress in red sackcloth (a sign of warning), daub themselves with ashes, put yokes around their necks. With the prophet's traditional staff, they stand silent vigils in public places, breaking their silence only to utter an occasional...
...impediment to one's progress toward specialization in a small, though highly exciting, area of research. Other students say there should be more of a balance between our scientific consciousness and our consciousness of the world about us. On the one hand we would want to avoid being utter generalists, with no specific contribution to make. But we must always be watchful against the alternate imbalance: we can be immensely competent technicians, yet narrow and poorly developed as people...