Word: europeanization
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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Writer Tom Wolfe criticized America's "bowing down to European concepts in all the arts" at the Ford Hall Forum held at Northeastern University last night...
Described by the moderator as "the nation's foremost New Journalist," Wolfe gave examples of European influence in art, literature, music and architecture...
Wolfe said he is not entirely opposed to the dominance of European ideas. "If I ever go to the moon, I want to go under the guidance of the laws of a European, Isaac Newton. I don't want to go any other way," he said...
...know how serious it is. We can only tell on Nov. 2. On the other hand, I think [Carter] undercut his own situation by his comment on Yugoslavia. The statement that he would not send U.S. troops into Yugoslavia has got to worry a lot of the Eastern European people in this country. And it certainly ought to concern our allies, who think it highly important that we not commit ourselves in advance as to what they or we would do. I think that's an indication of inexperience on his part...
...elsewhere, particularly among Italian-American voters in the East, Carter did not do nearly as well as even losing Democrats like Humphrey. Carter lost Connecticut for this reason--an offense unheard of for successful or even close-run Democratic candidates. In the suburbs of Cleveland, which are largely Eastern European in extraction, Ford did far better than predicted, throwing Ohio's 26 electoral votes into doubt...