Word: belongings
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...James Goffs belong neither to the Old Guard nor to the flashy new set but to a special stratum in between, a sort of nouveau niche. Mr. Goff is a lawyer, Mrs. Goff his first wife. Instead of an old-style town house or suburban estate, they have a wood-paneled-duplex city apartment. Like Mrs. Butler, Mrs. Goff, 33, is partial to Chanel, makes do at local shops and "the boutiques in New York, when it works out" between annual trips to Europe...
...pseudo-sociology begins soberly enough with Philosopher Bertrand Rusell interviewing a band of clean-shaven war babies "who don't want to belong to any mass society; they want to be different." Different they are. In Italy, mindless young things don their party best and spark the fun at a swank resort by butchering a pig. "Will they do it again?" asks the narrator with elaborate seriousness. "If so, then the pig died in vain." In Switzerland, mixed nude skiing ap pears to be the latest kick. France has orgiastic "happenings," a homosexual nightclub, and parachutists with a marked...
...quivering with avarice, scuttle off to the appointed spot and dig up the treasure: an iron casket crammed with smoldering brilliants. "Worth at least six million lire," the bishop announces appreciatively. "But the church has no interest in them. By the terms of the murderer's will, they belong to you-on one condition: you must faithfully offer up 500 masses for the salvation of his miserable soul." The peasants turn pale. At 1,000 lire apiece, 500 masses would cost 500,000 lire! His Grace gravely agrees; the peasants ruefully remit. "Pax vobiscum," the bishop murmurs...
Participants in several Federal aid to education programs have been required to sign disclaimer affidavits, denying that they belong to, support, or "believe in" subversive organizations. Harvard has consistently opposed such requirements, and twice--after passage of the National Science Foundation Act (1950) and the National Defense Education Act (1958)--it joined other universities in forcing Congress to repeal disclaimer clauses...
...construction that accrues to the city after such redevelopment. However, a tremendous hidden social cost is incurred, which accounts for much of the vociferous opposition to all renewal. When large, densely populated areas are cleared, many people and businesses are displaced. Most of these people are poor, and many belong to ethnic minorities. They do not disappear from the earth but, rather, crowd into other low-rental areas, creating new slums. But in many instances, the marginal businesses in the renewal areas do disappear. These businesses, often viable only because of low rents, are employers of the semiskilled...