Word: burnt
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...those around him in great purges of oblivion. BZ is equally disgusted-and so, it would seem, is Joan Didion, who writes of her allegiance with Marion in an essay entitled "On Morality"-but BZ lacks Marion's moral fervor. BZ is simply tired. The fervor has long since burnt away. BZ confronts Maria with the possibility of suicide-then proceeds to show her that in a world where all life is dead, not even suicide is an alternative...
...those around him in great purges of oblivion. BZ is equally disgusted-and so, it would seem, is Joan Didion, who writes of her allegiance with Marion in an essay entitled "On Morality"-but BZ lacks Marion's moral fervor. BZ is simply tired. The fervor has long since burnt away. BZ confronts Maria with the possibility of suicide-then proceeds to show her that in a world where all life is dead, not even suicide is an alternative...
...real impact of the moderate presence at the meeting became apparent an hour later, when SDS and NAC members marchen toward Shannon Hall. In an impromptu debate on whether the building should be burnt down, leaders of both radical groups suggested caution, and revealed they were unsure of their political base. "I don't think that it was good that Dean May was applauded," one SDS leader told the crowd, "I think we should have a march to the Houses to build support," After more than an hour of debate, the crowd drifted off. A day later, the scene...
Trigger Fingers. It is no easy undertaking, given the mood of the nation. Moderate dissenters must be made to see at least a puff of peace-pipe smoke, while the crazies and burners and the would-be revolutionaries must not get even a burnt match. The solid core of loyalists, still the majority, still Nixon's mainstay of the moment and hope for the future, must not be offended in the process. Finally, Hanoi must not get the impression that Nixon is politically crippled like Lyndon Johnson...
That they left burnt down...