Word: wonder
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...pedestal above the main entrance. But when Sculptor Vlasblom unveiled a full-sized clay model, the bishopric's Roman Catholic Liturgical Commission turned thumbs down. The clerics objected to a hugely exaggerated surplice that engulfed the saint's figure. It "will give superfluous occasion for wonder instead of admiration," complained the commission report. "Believers could never recognize this figure as their patron...
When the decision got out, Dutch Catholic publications unanimously rose to defend the sculptor's exaggeration, argued that it suggested a frail mortal burdened and glorified by his heavenly mission. "Isn't wonder worth more than admiration?" wrote one commentator. This week the sculptor planned to meet with church authorities to urge them to change the commission's verdict. "This is Paul," Vlasblom maintained, "the man directly in the grip of God." But the commission seemed adamant and the huge clay statue, still uncast in concrete, began to deteriorate in its wrapping of old rags and oilcloth...
...newest wonder in U.S. industry is the transistor, a sliver of germanium or silicon no bigger than a shoelace tip, with wisps of wire attached. It is the missing electronic link that is making possible a host of new devices, e.g., a wrist radio, a hearing aid so tiny that it fits inside an eyeglass frame. In a jet fighter the use of transistors cuts 1,500 Ibs. from the plane's weight. Last week the mighty mite had the electrical industry racing madly to expand transistor production: Motorola is putting up a $1,500,000 plant in Phoenix...
Helen of Troy isn't likely to get you through a Homer hour exam. Classics Comics give the real poop, but then, Classics Comics generally don't have the wonder of stereophonic sound. Also...
...portrayal of the late Clarence Darrow in the "monkey trial" play, Inherit the Wind. Critic Stevenson had only one complaint about Douglas' performance. Chided he: "You didn't have to look straight at me when you delivered that line about William Jennings Bryan." The line: "I wonder how it feels to almost be President three times, with a skullful of undelivered inaugural speeches...