Word: blossomer
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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Power has made Kissinger blossom. When he was a professor of government at Harvard, his colleagues appreciated his wit, but they never considered him the life of any party. When Kissinger first took his job under Nixon, he was tense and brusque. Now that he is solidly established as undisputed boss of foreign affairs, he is more relaxed than ever, and he is visibly-some would say ostentatiously-enjoying himself...
...Harvard students were willing to face censure, disciplinary action, beatings or imprisonment to tell Harvard that its actions were reprehensible. There must, in fact, be larger causes behind the strike. These are many and various, for it happened at the end of a decade which had seen activism blossom across the American landscape. But to understand fully why many of us chose to oppose Harvard at that point in time we must examine the values which Harvard cherishes and teaches...
...Superman is not the only hero hanging his cape outside Dr. Feelgood's door. Today almost all comicbook characters have problems. As in many fields, the word is relevance. The trend may have begun a decade ago, but in the socially aware '70s it has reached full blossom. The comics' caped crusaders have become as outraged about racial injustice as the congressional Black Caucus and as worried about pollution as the Sierra Club. Archfiends with memorable names like the Hulk and Dr. Doom are still around, but they are often pushed off the page by such...
...fact, a second summer growth of foliage. The trees had earlier been stripped of all their leaves in one of the worst attacks by voracious pests ever recorded in the U.S. Northeast. If the attacks continue for another year or two, many trees will lose their strength to blossom again and will...
...also Robert Lord, who wrote Tom Mix westerns and won an Oscar for best screenplay (in 1932 for One Way Passage, a Tay Garnett picture) and worked with L. B. Mayer, Harry Cohn, Jack Warner and Humphrey Bogart. Another member of the class toured in a road company of Blossom Time...