Word: 1960s
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That may be because it smacks of deja vu. What the proposal inevitably brought to mind was the 1968 Kerner Commission, probably the most famous government panel after the Warren Commission. Formed to examine why riots had hit more than a dozen American cities in the mid-1960s, it famously prophesied the world we verge on: "Our Nation is moving toward two societies, one black, one white--separate and unequal...
...very long ago when there would be two or three or four ladder members as senior tutors," Lewis said. "As late as 1960s, there were nine senior tutors, and seven of them were professors of one rank or another...
...Social Sciences Emeritus David Riesman '31's The Lonely Crowd are listed as two of the most influential books of the 1970s. The End of Ideology, written by Daniel Bell, Ford professor of the social sciences emeritus, appears as one of the most influential books of the 1960s...
...also plays the saxophone, recorder, drums and numerous other instruments, chose a year of jazz study at the Berklee College of Music in Boston and then apprenticed himself to a series of cold-water flats and smoky New York City jazz clubs. He got a break in the mid-1960s by sitting in with saxophonist Rahsaan Roland Kirk; that was followed by gigs with Charles Lloyd and Miles Davis and eventually a solo career, encouraged by German record producer Manfred Eicher, who recorded the young Jarrett on the fledgling ECM label in 1971, and has produced his records ever since...
...scene in which she is showing his stepsister how to douche after sex. He depicts Jackie as a tough and consummately selfish woman who loves two things, money and publicity--the former more than the latter. On a night out with Vidal in Provincetown, Massachusetts, in the 1960s, she appears sly and humorous, a girl who wants to kick up her heels. At one point she begs Vidal to tell her how she can become an actress. Jackie was unconcerned about her husband's infidelities, says Vidal (he refers to J.F.K. as "the President-erect"), and suggests she was aware...