Word: contagion
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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Finally, the hope of democracy lies in the contagion of the idea itself. Although democracies like ancient Athens and between-wars Germany have voted themselves into the hands of authoritarians, not a single nation has ever freely voted to turn itself over to Communism. "It is a terrible truth that it costs more strength to maintain freedom than to endure the weight of tyranny," wrote Simón Bolivar. That is probably still true. But times and attitudes have changed immeasurably, and it is possible that in a modernizing, prospering world, there ultimately will be more people with more strength...
Large and small, the signs of change are everywhere. So far, only Bulgaria has fully escaped the contagion of restiveness sweeping Khrushchev's once-docile satellites, symbolized by Rumanian Leader Gheorghiu-Dej and Yugoslav President Tito's collaboration in a giant power and navigation project inaugurated last week on the Danube River...
...Peru's foremost historian, tried an answer: "Our people, especially our lower classes, are full of tensions and frustrations, dark, pent-up passions and angers. This situation is becoming acute under the impact of the population explosion and the poverty of the masses. Add to this the Communist contagion. These people have lost some of their faith and hope. When this happens, then sometimes people will behave more like brutes than...
...virus of his impulsive truth telling. He recognizes that his devious life had put such a premium on lying that he often felt like a stand-in character for himself. Further, he had developed over the years an intense desire to be known and understood fully by others. The contagion of honesty proves as ruinous in business as in love...
...seemed wholly exempt from the contagion. Those who were not enthusiastic were at least curious. On the strength of their appearance, Ed Sullivan doubled his ratings. Even the highest brows and the remotest recluse were undone by their young. Painter Andrew Wyeth, for instance, was badgered by his 17-year-old son into wangling a ticket, admits he would have gone along himself if he could have found a pair. Happy Rockefeller took young Jamie and Wendy Murphy to the Carnegie Hall concert-the first time she has been photographed with her children since her divorce and remarriage. In Washington...