Word: variously
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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DEMOCRATISM is hostile to Congress, Burnham contends, because Congress, as the founding fathers intended, does not directly represent the majority will. What emerges from Congress is a composite of the "specific interests, goals, values, ideals and sentiments" of citizens in the various states and congressional districts. Through the slow-paced committee system that critics of Congress carp at, Congress hears all sides, compromises the conflicts, takes the interests of minorities into account, arrives at "an adjustment and balancing of needs, interests and aims...
...practice for publicity men to emphasize sex in every film they promote, they did us a real disservice with Baby Doll, for their work was largely responsible for starting a controversy that only obscured the quality of the film. Baby Doll is neither as good nor as bad as various partisans have argued, and certainly not as dirty...
...Darrow is a repeater. Several others also contributed to both affairs. This year's artists were asked to consider the possible relationship of the future president to the problem of coeducation at Harvard. Various cliches on the order of "the war of the sexes" were mentioned...
...musical interpretation of Steichen's pictorial essay begins and ends with a recitation of the theme: "All man is but one man." With a rapid-moving and never-tiring tempo, the show moves through the various phases of man's life: work and praise, sorrow, prayer, complaint, and love. Between each number the theatre is blackened and the performers take their positions for the next of the songs--some interpreted as still pictures, others with lively action. In the "complaint category," for example, "Talking Union" and "Union Maid" are done with audience participation, including community singing on the chorus...
Courtney tried various athletics. He once took out a wherry (possibly on a bet) which struck a beer bottle, and sank under Eliot Bridge. A collie dragged him to safety. Courtney possessed unusual empathy with animals and was often warned about the pets he would keep in his room. His roommates minded only the baby albatross Courtney found off Cape Ann ("It seemed like such bad luck, at least potentially,") but the administration had less leniency...