Word: boye
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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Abnormally reclusive in spite of his rapid rise to political prominence, Berlinguer seldom talks about himself. On the rare occasions when he does, it can be illuminating. Once he admitted that "as a boy, I was always a rebel. I protested-to use a word that's in style now -over everything. Religion, the state, the cliches people used, and social customs. I had read Bakunin and believed myself an anarchist...
...forget and call me the next day to apologize." Then Liz latched onto Tom Sarris, a Washington restaurateur. She scratched the paint on the car of a woman she thought was competing for Sarris' attention-and was given a suspended sentence for "destruction of property." Her former boy friends generally describe her as nutty, spacy, neurotic...
...trainer" bounds onstage. Ron is a California golden boy, 32, blond, handsome and curiously innocent. Many of the men shift uneasily. Can this recycled surfer unlock the mysteries of our souls? Ron sternly announces we are "assholes" and he doesn't care about us in the slightest. He's already got what he came for: our $250 fee. It's up to us to get what we want. Our lives don't work. That's why we're here...
Manhattan Cable, which provides equipment and basic instruction to anyone who asks for it, airs some 800 hours of programming a month, including Chinese language movies, Boy Scout activities, League of Women Voters shows, block parties and a Bulgarian hour. (Only twelve of those hours went to Midnight Blue when it was on.) New York State law specifically states that cable companies carrying public-access broadcasts shall have no say in program content and absolves them from all liability for such content, including obscenity. But the FCC regulations, while also barring content control, provide that cable companies "shall establish rules...
This analysis, combined with Itard's step-by-step techniques, makes for a comprehensive and instructive study, particularly for those interested in language development and behavioral psychology. The Wild Boy of Aveyron ends, however, with a lengthy digression on the inspiration Itard's work provided for later educators--from the originators of sign language to Maria Montessori. Largely a name-and date-filled chronology of educational history, this last section detracts from both the narrative and pedagogical impact of the Wild Boy's story...