Word: apocalypticism
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Poet Stephen Spender, 69, first emerged as a member of the Auden circle, the preternaturally clever group of young writers who came down from Oxford and inherited The Waste Land. The legacy was intimidating. Not only did Eliot's masterpiece seem to leave scorched earth for subsequent poetry, but...
True, the Government also reported that in the second quarter real gross national product?the nation's output of goods and services, adjusted for inflation ?rose at an annual rate of 8.7%. That rate is obviously unsustainable, however, and a slowdown has already begun. Though no one?not even...
Even Mamet's writing is appropriate, though his quick, apocalyptic flashes from situation to situation are hampered by superficial acting and several muffed blocking and lighting cues.
As a TV and radio preacher, Garner Ted Armstrong specializes in glib moralism and biblical analysis used to buttress his apocalyptic commentary on current events. On The World Tomorrow he claims to reach an audience of 30 million. Many of his listeners become contributors and converts to the show'...
Some U.S. supporters of Israel reacted in similarly apocalyptic terms. "The bond of trust has been broken," said Democratic Senator Daniel Patrick Moynihan of New York. Jewish leaders reported a wave of bitterness among Jews across the country. "I'm mad as hell," said Rabbi Alexander M. Schindler, chairman...