Word: blur
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...ROMAN CATHOLICISM: Celibacy will become optional, possibly within the decade. The church will become increasingly democratic. Catholic laymen?as Protestants and Jews customarily have done?will choose their own ministers. The lines between priest and laymen will blur. Rome has already sanctioned the married diaconate, which allows men to serve some priestly functions. In time, women may be ordained and laymen may celebrate the Eucharist...
Such a personal theology would naturally tend to blur the boundaries of denomination and discipline. It would lead creative theologians into increasing exploration not only into other faiths but also into other disciplines: anthropology, sociology, psychology-to say nothing of the physical sciences...
...circles on black; white ares cut across them as they dance, defining their bodies, absorbing them into pure design, and translating design into motion. In another sequence, three dancers in what look like stylized gas masks stand bound together by a length of sheet. Sounds of traffic and drilling blur into an oppressive roar as the dancers writhe against their bondage; and against the bleak gray and black patterns projected behind them and onto the moving drapery. At first we perceive the slide-patterns as abstract, then as endless wooden coffins; only near the end do we realize that...
...walked through the streets of this city which I had never seen before. After marching most of the route, we came in sight of a great blur of light. All that we could see was the brightness attacking our eyes, and we were told that it was the White House. So those of us who were live people had to shout the name on the card around each of our necks. I felt very angry now. I yelled as loudly as I was able to, but inside, Richard Nixon was probably snoring...
Suddenly four Weathermen slide into the room in a blur of jeans. army field jackets, and a green silk bandana. Two are girls...