Word: belongings
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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However, there were soon others to contradict these points of view. William Barrett, formerly of Partisan Review, questioned the idea of freedom somewhat when he claimed that "the poets belong to the Little Magazine; they have no place else...
Time to Retire? What happens to people when they live to old age? Much emphasis has been put on getting them out of "their children's (and grandchildren's) hair. Too many go to state hospitals, where they do not belong. Even in Massachusetts, a state where (as in New Hampshire, New York, Iowa) formidable thought has gone into programs to bring longer and fuller life to the aged, 5% of people over 65 live in old people's homes. The rest are in their own homes or those of kinfolk...
...flesh. Colette-like in its rhythms, Author Mallet-Joris' prose moves in sensuous counterpoint between "beauty, cruelty, voluptuousness and suffering, all equally delicious." What is not delicious about Hélène and what finally destroys her relationship with Jean is her feral determination to belong only to herself. Outwardly unmarred but inwardly depraved, she is a female Dorian Gray. But even with an unbeautiful soul, the game of love is scarcely over at 18, and with her penchant for sequels, Author Mallet-Joris may yet salvage Hélène in time to win some future...
...regard himself as a constructive critic [of the school] who not only dares to question the rules and program of a given classroom, but who also is expected to offer suggestions for improvement." Authority rests not so much with the teacher as with the group. "The teacher himself may belong to the minority−a position which he will gladly accept and for which he will be respected . . . The only acceptable definition for the term 'punishment,'" says Brameld, "is a group-determined penalty for noncooperation with, or violation of, group-imposed regulations...
...other hand, the fans' dances are far from intimate-the wiggling 12-and 13-year-olds (and up) barely touch hands and appear oblivious of one another. Psychologists feel that rock 'n' roll's deepest appeal is to the teeners' need to belong; the results bear passing resemblance to Hitler mass meetings...