Word: viz
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...movies, according to the code, cannot do. NBC censors did pressure Wyler to "change a few 'hells' and 'My Gods'." The line, "A woman he had relations with," became "A woman with whom he had a relation." But Wyler refused to tamper with key bits, viz., "He tried to rape me so I shot him." Snorted he: "What are you going to say-'He tried to make love to me so I killed him'? Big laugh...
...announcing that 43 Hollywood stars would appear on his show, he made good use of the well-established principle that the more Hollywood stars promised on a TV show, the more viewers the show will draw. He made even better use of the principle's incontrovertible corollary−viz., the quality of a TV show varies inversely with the number of Hollywood stars on it and the time they stay around. Sullivan's solution of the problem (how to get his viewers tuned in with the magic of a lot of big names...
...monarchies and empires have gone with the wind. But whatever else goes, the Folies-Bergère remains. The Folies, a pleasure dome dedicated principally to the delights of the eye, is probably the world's most famed theater. Its fame rests securely on a basic theatrical principle, viz., if men like anything better than a shapely show girl in satins and sequins, it is a shapely show girl oujt of them. The Folies supplies both...
...emotions deserve privacy, yet if the object of emotional attachment is the wife of another man, the law attaches liability to inquiry, or, if she should prove to be a foreign agent, the FBI would be warranted in taking interest. The same reasoning justifies inquiry into Communist Party membership, viz., intimate relationship with the matters of conceded public concern. Even the practice of religious belief [e.g., polygamy] may be made criminal under circumstances involving no national danger...
...Brassbound Attempt. Veteran Pentagon newsmen recognized the story for what it was: a brassbound attempt to strike at Rear Admiral Hyman G. Rickover (TIME, Jan. 11) and his Nautilus. But a relatively inexperienced United Press reporter used the story. He quoted "a Navy spokesman," viz., Cutter, as saying: "The Nautilus is strictly a test vehicle. I doubt if she will ever fire a shot in anger...