Word: fears
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...Americans are all horribly afraid; they've seen what the bomb can do and they've read the stories. They're scared. But they can't articulate this fear. They know what to say about the new school they want, or lower taxes, but they can't express their fear of atomic war. They're even a little afraid of trying to. And they don't want to look silly...
...make his own spiritual odyssey; no one else can make it for him, no ready-made belief can serve for each individual. The search is one for freedom-freedom from the demands of Odysseus' heart and mind. Kazantzakis seems to say: not until Odysseus is delivered from doubt, fear and even hope can he reach anything close to serenity. That he is never delivered does not matter; God may even be the search...
...Fear Denominationalism...
Many educators fear a return to denominationalism, Dawson explained, "but current interest in the Eastern religions demands a comparable knowledge of Christianity...
...Epithalamion, 4 A.M.," Sandy's poem, sings softly but firmly of the love of a bride and bridegroom, of dawn, joy, time, life, and the fear of death or the end of a moment. That's a large demand to make of any poem, but Sandy succeeds. A few metaphoric rough spots briefly mar the first three stanzas, but the last four rise evenly to a climax of considerable force, thanks to careful variations of rhythm combined with a consistent metaphor...