Word: aspect
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...another aspect of Texas, the three tourists made a shopping tour of Dallas' Neiman-Marcus specialty store. In San Antonio they talked to Tom Slick, the young Texas oil millionaire who is pumping much of his fortune into three scientific research foundations. One of the foundations has worked out a new construction technique which Slick thinks might revolutionize the building industry; another has figured out a new method of artificial insemination which will permit scrub cattle to give birth to purebreds. All Texans-from college presidents to cattlemen-took their abundant energy and confidence for granted. Dallas Banker...
...naval, written anonymously in 1876 and titled "Student Life at Harvard," described the aspect of these gladiators flowers. As time passed, these contents "The Class, before so gentlemanly in appearance, stood transformed into a rabble of rowdyish and seedy-looking characters." Lowell agreed with this descriptive, remarking that "the Senior class are distinguished by the various shapes of eccentric rim displayed in their hats...
...sooner many of our scientists like Professor Bridgman acknowledge the implications of the completely materialistic interpretation of man, the sooner will our moral state be on the road to improvement . . . For those of us who are not wrapped up in an intensive study of one aspect of the universe, based on a particular philosophical conception, the idea doesn't seem to make such a workable living standard...
This personal tutorial relationship, over a period of three years, is considered the most valuable aspect of the field by most concentrators, who find in it a chance to develop their interests on an intimate level and with the direct advice of someone who shares them and knows more about them...
Apart from the actual plot, the aspect of "Citizen Kane" for which it will always be famous is Welles' use of his cameras. The photography is magnificent. Although professionals usually say that these camera effects are consciously "unusual," to an ordinary moviegoer they make the film memorable. The wildly shifting perspectives, the entirely new treatment of three-dimensional effects, the odd angles of approach, and the relation of lights and shadows contribute at least as much drama as the script...