Word: dwelt
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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Thirty years ago, Putnam dwelt on a few professors who felt they couldn't speak freely. He ignored the young activists locked up without trial in a Jackson jail. Today, D'Souza dwells on a few students and professors at a few colleges who feel they can't speak freely. He ignores the founding of a "White Students Association" at Temple University, the race riots at UMass, the fraternity t-shirts at Syracuse whose slogan is "Club faggots, not seals...
...crop of nostalgia shows, by contrast, a particular period is re- created precisely and dwelt on lovingly. In a sense, these shows are about the past -- a past, moreover, that most viewers personally remember (or, thanks to the media, think they remember). And though none of these eras are portrayed as totally idyllic, they give off a warm, comforting glow. Their problems seem more manageable when viewed in hindsight. We know how everything came...
...Spain!" drummer Louis Perez Jr. realized after a moment. "Wow!" Well, maybe they weren't quite so far away after all. Spiritually, Los Lobos has always dwelt midway between Los Angeles and Garcia Lorca, playing hard, dreaming darkly, finding a somber poetry on the sunny streets of the Mexican-American area the band called home. That's The Neighborhood...