Word: brutishness
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...STREETCAR has a larger scope than that of a character study. Blanche's ultimate tumble into psychosis is Williams' way of shedding a tear for the modern world, for her fall is caused by Stanley Kowalski, her brutish, sensual brother-in-law, and it is the Stanleys, Williams believes, who are taking over the world and leading it on a "dark march" toward atavism...
...while persons lower in SES are thus not exactly "nasty, brutish, and short," it would be a mistake to idealize their position. For Modigliani uncovers a second statistic: there is no correlation at all, positive or negative, between SES and support for escalation, either in Korea or Vietnam. He points out that a desire for disengagement does not necessarily preclude a desire for escalation as a means to end the war quickly: the approval of military escalation is uniformly distributed among all socio-economic strata. Put simply, support for escalation and support for withdrawal are not mutually exclusive. This fact...
...letter also asked whether it is legitimate to dismiss "political responses" to the article as "brutish and intolerable" because they "affront Herrnstein's personality." The Dunster committee asked the signers if they had any "hard evidence" of intense personal harassment of Herrnstein and if SDS posters and placards were within the realm of free speech...
...legitimate to dismiss political responses to the article as "brutish," "intolerable," and "unforgivable" because they "affront...Professor Herrnstein's personality...
...Though they say that the "open-minded search for truth cannot proceed in as atmosphere of political intimidation," their characterization of placards, leaflets, and picketing as "brutish," "intolerable," and "unforgivable" itself constitutes intimidation of political protest. The statement they signed attempts both to censure the expression of free speech and to defend an outrageous example of irresponsible scholarship. Robert B. Leflar '72 Phllip N. Alexander '73 Ronald L. Tresper, tutor Harvey Nicholls '73 Donna J. Brorby '73 Kenneth R. Manning, tutor Harllsos A. Lessios '73 Kenneth H. Hass '72 Frank R. Beaton '72 Betsy L. Wolf '73 Marcin A. Duncan...