Word: dumb
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Dates: during 1950-1950
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...Most talked of possibilities: Chief Justice Fred Vinson, ex-ECAdministrator Paul Hoffman, Defense Deputy Secretary Bob Lovett, John Foster Dulles, Presidential Adviser Averell Harriman. In Republican eyes most of these possibilities would be preferable to Acheson, though Harriman, snorted Ohio's John Bricker, was just "a dumb Acheson...
Said Judge Agnew: "I don't see how a fellow could be so dumb...
Jones is the most important designer, not only of the three, but of the entire American theater. Influenced directly by Gordon Craig's "new stagecraft," and indirectly by Adolphe Appia's theories of light, Jones designed a production of "A Man Who Married a Dumb Wife" in 1915. Instead of using stained glass and gothic arches to indicate a medieval scene, Jones symbolized the spirit of the play with light frame construction and cheerful primary colors. Historical accuracy was unimportant; in its place Jones put his own, highly personal, response to the play...
...earliest work in the exhibit is a model of Jones' seting for "A Man Who Married a Dumb Wife," which introduced a new concept of stagecraft to America in 1915. Other designs by Jones include sets for the John Barrymore "Hamlet" in 1923 and for several of Eugene O'Neill's plays, including "Mourning Becomes Electra" and "Ah, Wilderness...
...helped me over a period of self-consciousness, and my improvement is due to her making me feel at ease"); 10) flexibility ("When she found she was wrong she said so, and tried something else"); 11) generosity ("Miss X acted as though she didn't know I was dumb and so I decided she'd never find out. That's the first good report card I ever got"); 12) skill ("Suddenly I could read out of my reader. She taught me and I didn't know...