Word: despairs
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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While most responses tended toward the feelings of despair and "we've been there before" weariness expressed above, a definite undercurrent of cynical anger was evident. There were numerous references to "that madman in the White House...
...There's been a huge change at Harvard since '68-there's no joy in the air. It's a quiet despair, but it's not even quiet. Harvard guys, nice as they are, have always been smug as hell. But even the usual smugness seems to be missing...
...From the same people who brought us Viet Nam, Watts, Kent State and Chicago now comes the secret ingredient behind all these blockbusters: "America's special gift ... to subdue tribal turmoil and to homogenize ... a diverse society." As Quebeckers (and Canadians) recovering from recent violence, we can only despair that our nation, too, does not possess this unique quality...
...Chicago and is proud of a friendship he has with a young radical who edited a student newspaper in Ohio. Though he may not see the answers to social problems flowing from Washington and the Federal Government, he is actively seeking them in his own way. "When people despair," he says, "they turn either to apathy or violence...
Later, in "Sign on the Window," Dylan finds himself surrounded with signs of rejection, of loneliness, of despair. The only way out, he concludes...