Word: counter
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...including the generally accepted "American crisis" of our time. Among these are famous and controversial men such as William A. Williams, Barrington Moore Jr., Herbert Aptheker, and Staughton Lynd. As far as these four are concerned, the American polity has undergone two revolutions--1776 and 1861--two counter-revolutions--1789 and 1877--and subsequently, has pretty much raced along a path of increased industrialization, increased routinization, and increased, or at least not lessened, social inequity and cultural depravity...
Some other counter-sex methods were offered last week by London Columnist Angela Ince. Writing in the Evening News, she advised wives of Russia-bound businessmen to "1) Insist that he take an extra vest [undershirt] and his tummy pills with him; a man in a vest eating digestion tablets is as morally safe as a man can be. 2) See that he packs no fewer than four pictures of you, taken ten years ago in a bikini and a bad light. Write across them 'Counting the seconds till you get back, Darling' in purple...
...fall "perverted the whole order of nature in heaven and on earth." To Martin Luther, man was simul justus et peccator-a sinner savable by God's grace received through faith alone. The 16th century Council of Trent re-endorsed Augustine's attack on Pelagianism for the Counter-Reformation Catholic Church. And only last year, Pope Paul rephrased the traditional understanding of original sin as part of his modern creed...
...welcomed unequivocally by his fellow Christians, and for all her prestige, Dr. Mead is not considered beyond criticism by her colleagues. Younger anthropologists sometimes dismiss her broad field inquiries as no more substantial than "a wind blowing through the palm trees." Other Pacific investigators have produced evidence that runs counter to her assessments of tribal personality. Most of all, anthropologists stand aghast at the way her powerful mind sometimes links fact and implication with little more than pure faith. One of her sternest critics, Columbia Anthropologist Marvin Harris, says dryly: "The courage of one's convictions is a blessing...
...A.M.C.'s leisurely-selling $1,998 Rambler. General Motors is developing a model code-named the XP-887 and expects to have it in Chevrolet showrooms within 18 months. It will probably be smaller than the Maverick, and Ford is already designing a "sub-compact," the Phoenix, to counter the XP-887. Only Chrysler has yet to decide whether to enter the field...