Word: flick
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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Clearly, any edvances in the field of radio education must start in a spirit of experiment and must be backed by peculiarly idealistic sponsors with at least a little imagination. It is conceivable that someday you could flick the dial on your radio and hear something like this "...so just send in two box tops and 10 cents, ladies, and you will receive a neatly packaged, simplified version of Professor Kluckhohn's stimulating new text, "The Curious Habits of Navaho Married Couples.'" But it is also conceivable that radio could be a very strong educational force--especially for adults...
...last week received the news of the honor conferred on him with hardly a flick of his huge, bushy white eyebrows. He announced he would go to Oslo in December to receive his Nobel Prize medal, diploma and check; a true Scotsman, he noted that the prize money (to be used "for peace") would be only $21,900, almost $10,000 less than what it would have been before devaluation...
Ralph Richardson's acting skill creates a highly idealistic, moralistic, and intelligent egoist who seems to be smiling behind every sarcastic remark. Richardson can flick his cane, turn a phrase or look mildly amazed with almost quicksilver brilliance...
...world premiere, replete with celebrities, floodlights, and engraved invitations will turn Massachusetts Avenue into Broadway at 11 p.m. The occasion is the first showing of "A Touch of the Times," student-written and produced flick. The University Theater will play host...
...film is, technically, a "flick" as it doesn't have any dialogue. Produced without any sound track--mainly because Ivy had no sound equipment in its early, struggling days--the film has, however, recently acquired a running musical accompaniment...