Word: devoid
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...this same Hark who, according to Nat, "gave expression to that certain inward sense that every Negro possesses when, dating from the age of twelve or ten or earlier, he becomes aware that heis only merchandise, goods, in the eyes of all white people devoid of character or moral sense or soul." Hark called this feeling "black-assed," and it summed up the numbness and dread in every Negro...
...major political organizations at Harvard, only two are worthy of the title "activist." The others are basically self-indulgent and devoid of consistent programs...
More than a score of speakers pointed out to the Committee that the Negro in Boston is devoid of political power. For a variety of reason he has been effectively excluded by the "power structure" from the decision-making process. Vital decisions which affect his life are made, not only without his participation, but without his consultation...
...dollar are circulating today in Eastern Europe. The bills are so badly rendered that Warsaw's daily Zycie Warszawy recently felt obliged to chide the forgers. "It must be admitted with shame," the paper said, "that in Poland forgery is attempted by slackers, by people devoid of professional pride who let loose on the world shoddy goods rather than self-respecting forgeries...
...Arab case, self-contempt has not been a goad to positive achievement, as it sometimes can be, but rather to self-destruction. Today it is often forgotten that Nasser's 1952 revolution began as the most promising event in modern Arab history. Here was a completely secular government devoid of Islamic hobbles, one that stopped barefoot wretches from sleeping in the Cairo streets and moved them into high-rise apartments. Here was a leader who asserted that the Koran could be made compatible with "Arab socialism," who emancipated women, started birth control, planned the Aswan Dam, produced nuclear energy...