Word: humanizes
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...root of the first problem, which is primarily financial, is the basic human frailty expressed in the old saying: "The doctor is always paid last." Put in more modern terms, it was summed up by a prominent California physician: "The average patient isn't for socialized medicine until he gets his bill...
Popper, who is best known for "The Open Society and Its Enemies," will discuss the problem of scientific method as it pertains to the study both of inanimate nature and human relations. He also plans a seminar in the Philosophy Department on "The Structure of Experience," which will deal critically with such problems of semantics as "positivism" and "operationalism...
...Stella's animal-like husband, has a less complex part to play. He mirrors this nature faultlessly in a lumbering gait and heavy voice. His elemental character is complemented by the similar temperament of his wife. Played with calm and comprehending dignity by Mary Walsh, she becomes a genuine human being who can do nothing to help one whom she loves...
...word "fidelity." Often used as publicity jargon, the word actually refers to a scientific measurement of sound waves an electronic system can reproduce. Fidelity is measured in cycles per second. A true high-fidelity phonograph must reproduce up to 15,000 cycles, the full range of the human ear. Although the actual musical notes may be much lower than this, high fidelity range allows a machine to reproduce orchestral overtones so that the recorded music will sound like the original music instead of a watered-down version...
Darryl F. Zanuck's production films this study in the science of command very ably. The picture presents its flyers as normal human beings, afraid, yet not cowardly. They will risk their lives if they can find some purpose in the risk, yet they are reluctant and confused when their missions seem to be accomplishing nothing. Gregory Peck's job, as the new commander, is to give the group some purpose and hope of survival. the production is good because melodrama is kept out of the relationship between the men and their leader almost entirely...