Word: disinterest
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...brief narration which opens the film, introducing the sea as the villain, forecasts an epic. What follows, however, is a sprawling documentary, tedious in its length and disinterest in character, but at the same time impressive in picturing the danger and frustration of the corvette's task. With several delicate director's touches The Cruel Sea communicates the breathless silence of perilous halts in mid-ocean for rescues or repairs, and there are two scenes remarkable for stark visual impact-the sinking of H.M.S. Compass Rose, and the running down of floating survivors in a vain attempt to destroy...
...campus. But I wonder whether it doesn't skirt the attitude towards religion most common among college students simply that of apathy. I think most students have surrendered less to an ism critical of Faith than to a vague or abstract interest in religion hard to distinguish from disinterest...
Warren Little's illness and Paul Grand's disinterest have forced McCurdy to shuffle his strong mile relay team. Roger Gratwick and Pete Coker, however, will probably team with Rittenburg and Al Howe to form an all-sophomore team...
...feeling of disinterest that has often existed between the Radcliffe club and the University organizations was dispelled as members finally got acquainted at a tea dance given by Idler on Thursday, October...
Until now, Congress has initiated all amendments to the Constitution. But sponsors of this amendment have purposely chosen the harder way--going through the state legislatures--because of public disinterest in State House affairs. With the least amount of publicity, sponsors hope to nudge the amendment through the necessary number of state legislatures and present the public with a fait accompli. In many cases, legislators have been as hoodwinked as their constituents. In Kentucky, the bill was voted before it ever appeared on the legislative docket. In Massachusetts it passed unnoticed in the last minute rush...