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...Timothy P. McCarthy ’93, a lecturer at the Kennedy School who studies social movements, said yesterday that the political circumstances of the 1960s make comparisons with modern issues difficult...
...years, which is more than twice as long as it by all rights should have taken him. Knievel, who had been in poor health for years from conditions including diabetes and hepatitis C, was best known for his death-defying jumps on motorcycles (and other vehicles) in the 1960s and '70s. But really the stuntman, born Robert Craig Knievel Jr., was best known, and loved, for his crashes. After a number of successful jumps - over cars, trucks, live animals - Knievel shot to national fame after ABC Wide World of Sports aired footage of him spectacularly crashing, and crushing his pelvis...
...Even her hair is perfect.Jude literally blows his audience away with a new, electric sound. And the fact that a woman is playing the role of Dylan proves equally as shocking and strange for the modern audience as his electric playing was when it first appeared in the mid 1960s. Jude’s exchanges with BBC interviewer Mr. Jones, played by Bruce Greenwood, also supply some of the most engaging dialogue in the film. Aside from serving as a mere biography of Dylan’s life, the film brings to life many of his popularized media images. Cleverly...
...that U.S. citizens held views similar to those of today's Muslims. Fifty years ago, most Americans considered public breast-feeding indecent, the comedy of Lenny Bruce criminal, George Carlin's "Seven Dirty Words" punishable and Henry Miller's now classic Tropic of Cancer obscene. Likewise, prior to the 1960s most people openly prayed. In my travels to Muslim countries, I found the younger generation to be just as hip as most of our teenagers. Once they come to power in 30 years, their idea of what's indecent will be closer to ours. Jeffrey Sears, Weston, Connecticut...
...citizens held views similar to those of today's Muslims. Fifty years ago, most Americans considered public breast-feeding indecent, the comedy of Lenny Bruce criminal, George Carlin's "Seven Dirty Words" punishable and Henry Miller's now classic Tropic of Cancer obscene. Likewise, prior to the 1960s most people openly prayed. In my travels to Muslim countries, I found the younger generation to be just as hip as most of our teenagers. Once they come to power in 30 years, their idea of what's indecent will be closer to ours...