Word: conciousness
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...reader should be left to make his own correlations; as the rule goes, "Show, don't tell." The style is occasionally marred by obtrusive Latinate words, self-concious allusions, and a few impossible blunders...
...that set women on edge. His high-strung nature made him good at whipping through economics problem sets, but his inability to have a simple good time with people did not endear him to many. His laughter was forced and his jumpiness scared people off. He was especially self-concious around women, so he was even more jumpy around them, and they gave him an extra wide berth...