Word: feelings
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...pleasure to read your long and richly appreciative article on Nabokov. I feel honored that you should credit me with some incidental part in the American recognition of his work. But full credit for the earliest sponsorship of his English writing should go to his first publisher in this country, James Laughlin IV, of New Directions. While enjoying the vogue that culminates in your story, let us not forget the special insight and the generous risks that this small firm has exercised on behalf of unrecognized talent...
...laborers, whites and blacks, Christians and Jews, all agree by lopsided majorities that morality in the U.S. has declined over the past ten years. Nationwide, 67% of Harris' sampling of 1,600 representative Americans take that view, while only 11% believe that mora1 standards have risen. Those who feel that morality has improved point to increased concern for racial and social justice and to widespread revulsion against the war in Viet Nam. The majority that finds a decline in standards attributes the trend more than anything else to increased emphasis on sex, crime and violence in newspapers, magazines, books...
...poll considered certain acts justified that have been overwhelmingly considered immoral in the past, Of those surveyed, 30% believe that the use of physical violence is justified in certain circumstances; that figure is 38% among those under 30 and 35% among white-collar workers. Overall, 29% also feel that unjust laws may be ignored, a figure that rises to 39% among those under 30 and to 38% among professional people, Divorce is sanctioned by 72% (84% among professionals), telling lies in certain circumstances by 59%, suicide by 12%, and ignoring a victim's cry for help-presumably to avoid...
Psychological Lift. Von Rosen, 59, is a Swedish nobleman with a passion for airplanes and a penchant for underdogs. "Once I get into a plane," he says, "I feel that I can do just about anything as long as I believe in it." As a young man he flew a Heinkel air ambulance in Ethiopia, helping victims of Italian aggression. When Russia attacked Finland, he signed up as a lieutenant in the Finnish air force. In the Congo in 1960, Von Rosen flew supplies for Swedish troops on United Nations peace-keeping duty. Now a senior pilot for a charter...
Surprising Unity. It is doubtful that the journalists' good intentions changed the black mood of making demands, which has both a tactical and a cathartic value. Robert Hall, after a day of putting on and putting down his guests, admitted when pressed: "Yes. I suppose I feel that there's hope. But why should I say that to you guys...