Word: aspect
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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Heard & Understood. But what the fans seem to like as much as the social commentary is S. & G.'s whimsical ability to poeticize about the commonplace. In Bookends, they dote wackily on one ordinary aspect of urban life...
...much marijuana. A common experience is to feel no effect whatsoever the first time marijuana is used. Quite contrary to the effects of alcohol's first use, this is probably a result of overexpectation, apprehension about the unknown, and the pervasive awareness of doing something illegal. This last aspect is one reason that photographed pot parties often look furtive and clandestine. "The first time I ever smoked pot, I got upset, frightened and sick," says a mid-thirtyish Chicago housewife...
Debating the value of almost every aspect of the Report-its content, the formulation, the conclusions, as well as the impact these may have-Harvard academicians do agree on one point. It will not make it into any sociological anthologies. "The data gathering process was very slow," Gary T. Marx, assistant professor of Sociology, who helped draft the first preliminary report, said...
Despite their talk about "something, new in American politics," the McCarthy organization did nothing to change this aspect of American politics. They just didn't use the old methods with the efficiency to which reporters had become accustomed. And so the occupants of the press bus sometimes bit the hand that usually feeds is so smoothly...
Perhaps the most appalling aspect of all this is the fact that the number of crimes is increasing because the number of young people is growing, and they commit most crimes. Viewing this situation objectively leads to two basic conclu sions. First, the U.S. is now spending $1 billion a year for corrections in ways that can only increase crime. Second, a dramatically different approach can decrease it - for the same money...