Word: expression
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...ballots cast thus far express a surprisingly guarded view of the nation's founding. While a solid 44% of the visitors supported the patriot cause, 27% have endorsed loyalists, and 29% more have settled on neutrality. Says Betty McGloan, the exhibit manager:"Many people are surprised to learn that not everybody is a patriot...
Joan Bonato seems to have written Philadelphia for actors to show off their talents, and at times they do. Lois Shelton as Louise, a black woman deserted by her alcoholic husband, knows how to express her bitterness with a good amount of bile. And her lines--especially about taking a black stable-boy statue from the white home where she's going to do the cleaning and lynching it--bring together a good mixture of humor and sorrow. Somehow this play is made for the down-and-outers of the raw, physical side of life, because aside from the black...
...discussion of domestic issues, Drinan urged the public to express its disgust to Congress about current intelligence activities. He said the FBI has exceeded its power in opening 800,000 new investigatory files of which 20 per cent deal with "subversives or extremists...
...seems to be inflation, which has so eroded confidence in President Ford that less than half of those polled consider him acceptable as the next President. A sizable majority of Americans (58%) now believe that there is no end to inflation in sight. About two out of three people express doubts about the country's future prosperity...
...halted within a few years. Now, only 27% think so. Further, the belief that runaway inflation is here to stay cuts across party lines (Democrats, 54%; Republicans, 58%; independents, 64%). Looking ahead, only 24% of those polled have strong confidence in the country's future prosperity; another 41% express some confidence but have reservations...