Word: effective
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...This policy, if put into effect, would mean that the Faculty of Arts and Sciences, which now pays the HAA deficits, would be relieved of that burden; the University, either through this Faculty or some other agency, would provide at least part of the funds now raised through gate receipts, on a regular, instead of a deficit spending, basis...
...flat Concerto, which he conducted from the piano, Bernstein achieved another tour de force for which he is famous, pacing the Orchestra with everything except his hands. Scowling, grimacing, heaving his shoulders like an asthmatic, he managed to wind himself up into every sort of contortion, but the effect was still only accuracy and taste...
Military security has terribly hampered Vannevar Bush's discussion of the prospect of future war and its effect on what he calls "our society of free men." Bush, who as wartime head of the Office of Scientific Research and Development probably knows as much about the impact of science on modern warfare as anyone, sets down a double thesis: that a forthcoming war will not be very different from World War II, and that a democracy should be capable of preparing itself to prevent such...
...only thing wrong with this film is an occasional lapse in photography. Some of the scenes are overexposed creating a "washed out" effect. This failing is rare, however, and the rest of the photography is excellent in creating mood for the central action...
...course, its subject matter must be adequately rich, and "Devil in the Flesh" lives up brilliantly to this specification. The film is based on the autobiographical novel "Le Diable an Corps" by Raymond Radiguet. It shows unflinchingly the great residue of immorality which often accompanies war, and depicts the effect of a chaotic, perturbed world on human emotions...