Word: directionless
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Rules, as Carol Cohen Becker, remembers vividly, were on occasion broken. She spent a year out of the classroom as a result of a particular amorous encounter that did not go over well at Fay House. "It was ludicrous," Becker says, "We were seen as directionless people along for the ride, but we were still hemmed in at every opportunity...
...stirring drumroll rises on the soundtrack, Judy Benjamin heads down a long tree-lined road, alone. She seems to have made a definite decision, but what is it? Where will she go? Back to the Army? For all her superficial self-confidence, she's the same directionless ninny she was at the beginning of the movie...
...broken down earlier in the week because of a labor dispute, but now, after several days of practice, it was breaking down spontaneously, without need of a labor dispute. The hot-air balloons, on the other hand, worked just fine; they bobbed overhead, all brave and fine and directionless, as Lord Killanin spoke wistfully in praise of peace...
Rock music for the past five to seven years has been directionless and unmotivated. The fact that power is coming back into rock [June 26] delights me. People don't write songs, at least good songs, about oil embargoes, world economic problems, détente or other assorted unromantic difficulties. I yearn, crave, ache for the days of rock as a religion, with its electricity and excitement. A new religion might grant those of us with '60s mores and ideals living in the disenchanting '70s at least a brief reprieve from the raisin-less oatmeal that spews...
...Directionless...