Word: blamed
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...explain this growing disillusionment, Podhoretz points the reader to Paul Goodman's late '50's work, Growing Up Absurd, a book that influenced both Podhoretz and the nation. Goodman places the blame for public malaise on the dehumanizing construction of American institutions. He calls for a society that allows for the mazimum fulfillment of individual potential. But it was not specifically the doctrines of this new utopianism that attracted Podhoretz, but rather its relative optimism--Goodman's conviction that American society had not irreperably decayed...
Such concerns began to seem more immediate during the summer of '29, as the economy began to falter. After the market reached its high on Sept. 3, there was a gentle decline, with ups as well as downs, for several weeks. "We tend to blame the market," says Kidder Peabody Chairman Albert Gordon, 78, who then worked in corporate finance for Goldman, Sachs. "But the market was just a symptom. We were in a bad economic situation whether or not the stock market crashed...
...dimensional character (why are you in love with Barbara Allen?), it is not his fault. Kate Silverman as Barbara Allen does yeoman's service to an unimaginative role. If the scene in the bedroom after she has given birth to a witch is overdone, she's not to blame...
Many scientists and businessmen blame the Government for the innovation recession. M.I.T.'s Gray complains that high taxes on capital gains and excessive Government regulation have discouraged new entrepreneurs. The 1969 increase in capital gains taxes from 25% to 49% dried up venture money, especially for small companies. From 1969 to 1975 the amount of new capital acquired annually by small firms sank from $1.5 billion to $15 million...
Along the way, there are vintage Jimmy McHugh songs to beguile the ear, notably Don't Blame Me, I Feel a Song Comin ' On, I Can 't Give You Anything but Love, Baby. A patriotic red-white-and-blue finale with a naval motif finds the chorus sporting frigates for headgear and sends most playgoers out of the house on a wave of euphoria...