Word: view
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...Pinocchio itself was worth the price of transmission. Collodi's tale of the wooden doll who turns into a real boy is a moral fable; yet it is also a down-to-earth story of broad fun and cliffhanging climaxes, and it takes a sophisticated view of human foibles. NBC's version was a rollicking production full of style and striking images, a bouncy score, and dances depicting the fluttery rhythms of liberated marionettes and the slow-motion gyrations of deep-sea fish. At the top of a first-rate cast, which included Walter Slezak, Martyn Green...
This point of view, amounting in some instances almost to a sort of folklore, has come to be known as the anti-capitalist attitude. In San Francisco last week, in a succession of thoughtful, analytical speeches, representatives from the underdeveloped nations explained some of the reasons behind the attitude...
...myself," said Capitalist Masani, "hold the view that the country that gives a grant or loan has a right to attach conditions which in its opinion make for honest, efficient and productive use of the assistance. On the other hand, there should be nothing done that appears to question the right of a country democratically to determine the structure of its own industry or economy. Any suggestion that an attempt is made to export a country's economic philosophy is one that needs to be scrupulously eschewed...
...continuing market decline was due in part to gloomy news from the unstable Middle East, but most traders thought that a far more disquieting factor was an increasingly bearish view of business prospects in the eyes of many an investor. Business is still rolling along at the highest level in history; jobs were at a steady peak in September despite layoffs in the aircraft industry (see below); and retailers were predicting record sales for the rest of the year. Yet there was enough disturbing news on the nation's economic front last week to reinforce fears that...
...study, sponsored by a Rockefeller Foundation grant, is being undertaken in view of the "ever-increasing number of young women who wish to obtain the preparation for nursing and an undergraduate degree at the same time," according to Professor Everett C. Hughes, University of Chicago sociologist, who will direct the study...