Word: distressful
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...youth who read me grow younger each day. You had to read The Catcher in the Rye at Andover, for instance. And the new audience is never very different from the old Holden. They may not know the words, but they can hum along with the malady. My distress is theirs. They, too, long for the role of adolescent savior. They, too, are aware of the imminent death in life. As far as the sexual explosion is concerned, I suspect a lot of what you've heard is just noise. "Sex is something I really don't understand...
Though it is impossible to know for sure, the discrepancy between the pro and con studies may result from the psychological health-or distress -of the couples before vasectomy. In the unsuccessful cases the marriages were immature to begin with, Family Service reports. Both husbands and wives were dependent personality types who chose sterilization because it was easy, sure to work, simple to obtain and required no continued effort or selfdiscipline. They looked to the operation as a magic cure-all for problems ranging from sexual inadequacy to financial insecurity. Inevitably, they were disappointed...
...elsewhere were arrested, the New York men were allowed to leave with impunity in compliance with a court order obtained by the Government. They created another vivid image when, from between the points of the statue's crown, they flew a large U.S. flag upside down, as a distress signal. Once the Statue of Liberty meant a new life for generations of immigrants; the protesters chose to convey a considerably more somber message. Yet the statue and what it stands for have survived worse crises than the Viet Nam War, and withstood graver challenges than the veterans' occupation...
Johnson's exoneration was based on Alaska's good Samaritan statute. Like similar statutes in more than 40 other states, it holds that one who voluntarily aids a person in distress is not liable for damages unless gross negligence is involved. Although some European countries (including Soviet Russia) have laws making a rescue attempt mandatory, the English common law traditionally rejected compulsion; instead, it made the rescuer responsible for mishaps caused by his negligence. Thus in 1966 a Georgia court ruled that the owner of a private swimming pool had no duty to rescue a drowning child...
...acceptable forms of opposition to Herrnstein's thought. Herrnstein wrote an article with clear political implications. He and his supporters must expect opposition. Leafleting and picketing are justifiable tactics for his adversaries, but the tactics should focus on the ideas and not the man. The statement's claim of "distress to (Herrnstein's) family and friends" cannot be substantiated. A vague statement, it could preclude any criticism of Herrnstein's article...