Word: visione
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...Glowing Vision. But Harry Truman, on tour, radiated confidence and wellbeing. In no position to berate a Congress controlled by his own party, he lumped all opponents of his policy with all the opponents of 17 years of Democratic rule and happily thumped away at them as "reactionaries," "timid men," "calamity howlers" and "greed boys." He wanted, he made it clear, what "the common man" wanted. If he didn't get it, that was not Harry Truman's fault-he was always trying. He was the buoyant salesman of good intentions...
...millions of parched throats throughout the rest of Africa and Asia make a vision almost too dazzling for Cokemen to bear. A new bottling plant, complete with badminton courts to attract youthful customers, is about to open in Bombay, India. Japan, where all production is still going to U.S.-occupation personnel, is eager for civilian Coke. Most indigenous palates which have sampled the G.I.s' drink have been pleased. Sighed one Tokyo waitress: "It has the sweet-and-bitter taste of first love...
...certainly does a person's heart good to see the University taking an active part to bolster the national economy in these Troubled Times. The College authorities deserve an enthusiastic pat on the back for their vision and fortitude in looking beyond the mere local scene in this important matter...
...Pennsylvania State College of Optometry. Reporting .on a year-long study of TV's effect on the eyes, Dr. Neill concluded that the human eye becomes so light-adapted in the glare of the television screen that it suffers up to a 40% loss in night vision...
...strain, he pointed out, may come from the fact that TV represents a new experience for the human eye-that of continuous middle-distance vision. "About the only time we have used our eyes for distances of four to ten feet has been in the act of walking," said Neill. "But this is done by frequently repeated glances at the ground, and does not require the continuous, eye-level visual attention...