Word: judgments
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...consensus emerged from stirrings of opinion, no pat judgment that the U.S. is "soft." The U.S. knew that, save in wartime or other great crises (the Depression), national purpose cannot always be precisely denned. The President's announced trip to South Asia (see The Presidency) was in a sense national purpose on the move. So, in effect, was Treasury Secretary Robert Anderson's attempt to establish a durable world economic policy based on free trade and mutual self-help (TIME, Nov. 9). But there was no clear articulation of purpose. "Our leaders have not been able to give...
This failure to pin an unmistakable ideological label on himself has damaged his standing with liberals and the Washington press corps, brought upon him accusations that he is empty of genuine convictions, a man with a grey flannel mind. Only last week Symington set out to contradict that judgment by canceling his scheduled speech at a state Democratic dinner in Little Rock, Ark. when he learned that Negroes present would be seated at segregated tables. It was quite a decision for a man who depends heavily on palatability to the South to help him capture the presidential nomination...
...degrading entertainment ("Immoral!" cried Jack Gould of the New York Times). But aside from an occasional dark hint, the television newsmen notably failed to expose the rash of fixing that had been taking place under their uplifted noses. They were thus left with the meager consolation that their abstract judgment had been correct-even though nobody seemed to be listening when they tendered...
...rapped CBS for vapid programing, CBS Board Chairman William Paley postponed a European vacation to help whip up something better. This fall, before putting on the air the new private-eye program called Staccato, the producer invited Los Angeles' Humphrey to appraise the opening show. After Humphrey passed judgment-"a miserable piece of junk"-it was scrapped, another episode substituted...
...time for somber flicks of the Ingmar Bergman, Pather Panchali vein. When the temporarily industrious student forsakes his books for two hours at the Brattle or the U.T., he doesn't want to be provoked, moved or disturbed. He wants and needs to be diverted and amused. With remarkable judgment, the Brattle has managed to select a film for this week which not only accomplishes these ends but also is an intelligent and witty commentary on our times...