Word: eras
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...herald the new year-and a new era, beginning Jan. 1 with ceremonies launching normalization of relations with the U.S.-China's Vice Premier Teng Hsiao-p'ing moved swiftly last week to consolidate his political gains and to accelerate the nation's New Long March to modernization. In a skillful move that further strengthened his hold on the highest level of government, Teng packed the 23-member ruling Politburo with four of his loyal supporters. Foremost among the new members is Teng Ying-ch'ao, 74, the widow of Chou Enlai, Teng's longtime...
Paul Lyet (pronounced lee-ay) is a plain-spoken fellow, but when he talks to the troops about tomorrow's opportunities he takes on the fervor, if not the glamour, of George C. Scott playing Patton. Sperry expects the 1980s to be an era of tremendous growth, nourished by technology just beginning to emerge from the labs. In five years, computers will be at least twice as fast and capacious as they are today; new airline navigation projects will make travel much safer. Most important, says Lyet, there is large opportunity, fed by need, for U.S. companies to expand...
...TRADITIONAL Chinese New Year does not fall on January 1, but that day did mark a new era for China this year. For this week's ceremonies and demonstrations both in New York and Washington heralded in more than just another year for us westerners: they also celebrated the beginning of normalization with the People's Republic of China and the official severance of diplomatic ties with "Free" China. The festivities of January 1 also offered a remarkable contrast...
...involved in fusing two very different worlds through music. Even Holly's end is treated like some sort of apple-pie tragedy, a pity to be sure, but easily gotten over and sighed at. And all of these stereotypes are quickly becoming the most common surviving keynotes of that era...
Directors and television producers are always quick to defend all this by saying that they simply produce what the American people want. But they are also teaching a lot of people how things were. A strange cycle develops, with fond memories becoming part of the collective memory of an era, until all that is left of such an era are these one-sided memories. It's rather sad to watch movies in which present day movie stars yearn for the good old days, when "the movies really meant something." It is the same sadness you get when you hear...