Word: alvin
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...laws of the CRIMSON, which became a tax-exempt corporation in 1966, say nothing about political endorsements. But CRIMSON business manager Alvin H. Moss '71 said last night, "To my knowledge, in the past several years the CRIMSON has never endorsed a political candidate or attempted to influence legislation of any kind...
Died. William Hamm Jr., 86, chairman of the Midwest's Hamm Brewing Co., who in 1933 made the headlines when he was kidnaped by the notorious Alvin Karpis-Ma Barker gang and only released after payment of $100,000; in St. Paul, Minn...
...books. Priced at 40?, its 60 newsmagazine-sized pages are printed in black and white on ordinary newsprint. But abundant pictures and a clean layout make it easy to read. Some of the most arresting material pops up in lengthy interviews. The July issue features San Francisco's Alvin Duskin, a social activist and successful manufacturer of knitwear, who says: "There is a growing resistance to buying clothes. The whole idea that 'clothes make a man' is over...
...hardware stirred such excitement in the entertainment and communications industry, or aroused such anxiety among the potential victims of change. Enthusiasts insist that video cartridges in time will radically alter the status quo in television, motion pictures, theater, music, journalism, book publishing and many other fields. Some futurists, notably Alvin Toffler, author of Future Shock (TIME, Aug. 3), argue that TV cassettes will quicken the already bewildering pace of change in American life, carrying the U.S. farther away from standardization in the arts, education and cultural tastes. Many young TV makers feel that the new equipment will lead...
...encounter unfamiliar foods, languages and customs. In one extreme case, a girl Peace Corps volunteer arrived on an island in the Far East and within hours found herself unable to breathe, eat or drink; she was shipped right back home. Yet culture shock is mild by comparison with what Alvin Toffler, a scholar and former FORTUNE editor, identifies in a striking new book (Random House; $8.95) as Future Shock. The term, likely to become part of the American language, is defined by Toffler as "the dizzying disorientation brought on by the premature arrival of the future. It may well...