Word: distressed
(lookup in dictionary)
(lookup stats)
Dates: all
Sort By: most recent first
(reverse)
...survey of the mood, temper and outlook of Americans as the country approaches the 1976 presidential election. Soundings consists of a series of political and social indicators that were developed for TIME by Yankelovich, Skelly & White, Inc., the New York-based public opinion research firm. The indicators are Economic Distress, Social Resentment, Conservatism, Political Activism and, new this quarter, the National Mood. These results were based on telephone interviews in early October with a cross-section of 1,023 Americans of voting age. Similar studies were made in May and July (TIME, Aug. 26). Results for each individual survey have...
...proportion of Americans in economic distress rose to 33%, from 28% in July and 23% in May. Predominantly young (44% under 35 years) and blue-collar (53%), these people find themselves unable to pay bills or save for the future and worry about losing their jobs because of the economy...
...degree to which respondents agreed with these policies differed widely according to their economic circumstances. For example, people in economic distress set a much higher priority than the general public on reimposing wage-price controls, loosening up credit and reducing defense spending...
...more classic (58%) and the more populist (42%) constituencies on the basis of the latter group's angry, resentful feeling that it has been left out of the American mainstream. The populist conservatives also tended to be less well educated and less affluent-45% are in economic distress, compared with 28% of the classic conservatives...
...technique Brassai chooses to explore, certain characteristics--seriousness, sensitivity to nuances of form and mood, and a sly sense of irony--are constants in his work. Brassai does not take "candid shots." He does not seek to catch his subject off guard or in moments of transition or private distress. Instead he watches patiently for those moments of equipoise when all that is most permanent and most characteristic is most visible in the face and pose of his sitter. An angry couple sit turned away from each other in a bar, their faces sullen masks lined with bitterness and resignation...