Word: feeling
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...Minister of Public Culture Oboardo Dino Alfieri. One of the founders of Fascism, a friend of Mussolini since World War I, smoothie, trouble shooter, woman-charmer (Italians say he could make an Englishwoman feel beautiful and an Ethiopian feel important), he consistently boosted the Axis in the Italian press-until the war began...
Women have another advantage, according to Dr. Hardy, which enables them to stand cold better than men-"a thicker insulating layer of superficial tissue" (vulgar translation: blubber). This natural protection enables a naked woman to feel no colder in a cool room than a man with a light suit of clothes on.* Result of these superior adaptations both to heat and to cold is that the temperature range of the "comfort zone" is twice as wide for women...
...Year (20th Century-Fox). Fainthearts who swoon on Ferris wheels and feel dizzy when an elevator drops should keep away from this power dive into the problems of training college boys to be airmen. With the nonchalance of a parachute jumper, the picture unfolds the suggestion that if 20,000 young aviators are to be trained yearly, there will be thrills for both students and instructors. 20,000 Men A Year shows most of the thrills...
...Baruch's thesis is that most children's troubles arise from their mothers' and fathers' worries. Children, she believes, always sense such worries, feel insecure themselves. When a mother worries because her children disobey, sulk or fight, Mrs. Baruch brings her to school, lets her observe other children and find out that disobedience, sulking, fighting are normal childish behavior. Result: The mother goes home feeling more tolerant toward herself and children, more serene...
...praise a child when he uses the toilet, lest he feel guilty when he fails...