Word: interpret
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...celluloid epic patterns set by D. W. Griffith in 1915 have changed very little: you just take some romantic, legendary, historical period like Reconstruction in the South, add a zesty love affair or three between ideal "period" characters to raise the story above documentary level, and interpret history in some engrossing way. Nowadays you also spend five million dollars or so and tell people movies are better than ever, in hope that you will make back the five million...
...that the extent of free will is difficult to determine in a country where patriotism and totalitarianism often operate together. As Khruschev notes, Western observers are far from comprehending the Slavic Soul. To many economists, though, the tactics behind Khrushchev's gigantic game of monopoly are as hard to interpret as the Russians' unanimous approval...
...subject called "language arts," high-school students might spend time "reading messages on movie and television screens to check their accuracy and relevancy" and "reading invitations, greeting cards." They can also master "using sign language" so they can interpret "directions indicated by hand or head signals," "the sign language of animals" and "traffic lights." Under the major function of "developing economic competence," they may learn about "returning things borrowed from fellow classmates promptly" (social studies), "operating audiovisual equipment" (science), "telling how a department store facilitates trade" (mathematics) and "observing 'Do It Yourself programs" (practical arts). Social studies can also...
...Voted to continue as a political party, but also, within limits, to allow themselves "to interpret" Moscow's edicts in accordance with U.S. conditions. The limits: such interpretation must be grounded on the premise that "the fundamental conflict is between the forces of the people and the forces of imperialism...
...sets its course as a news medium not only by the old journalistic myth of "objective" reporting but by another mirage of its own: CBS news analysts are supposed to interpret the meaning of the news without giving their own opinions. By ignoring this lofty impossibility CBS newsmen have won more radio and TV awards than the staff of any other network. Last week, by zealously chasing the mirage, CBS trod heavily on the toes of its foremost commentators, Eric Sevareid, 44, and Edward R. Murrow...