Word: standpoint
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...audience moved out of Sanders and became the congregation; the scene was played on a specially constructed altar at the north end, while fire-department searchlights outdoors focussed on the stained-glass windows over-head. The consensus was reflected in the comment of one critic, "From every conceivable standpoint Saint Joan is a high-water mark in Harvard dramatics...
...small drawing account of $37.5 million in the hope that Brazil would go and sin no more. If Brazil had had to take this lecture from the U.S., the howl in Rio would have carried all the way to Washington. Said a foreign diplomat in Washington: "From the U.S. standpoint, it is a good thing to have the lightning go down somebody else's pole for a change...
...turns out some of the handsomest newspaper color work in the nation. Publisher Snedden will not say how much money he has spent on his crusade ("Too damn much-just ask my creditors"), but he doesn't really care. Says he contentedly: "From a strictly business standpoint, I'm reasonably sure I'll be getting that money back in due time. If not, I've had more than my money's worth...
...story of the meet, from a Crimson standpoint, was all Landau, Harvard's first winner in a running event since E.E. "Gene" Record won the low hurdles in 1932, his third straight win in the event...
Edward F. Tierney, head of the Cambridge Police Traffic Bureau, said the rotary plan "worked very well from the standpoint of traffic, but residents in the area complained too much about the added noise and traffic near their homes...