Word: goalless
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...exhibits a strong bias, reflecting his data, in favor of those with clearly defined notions of future careers. "The goalless person has a difficult time adapting because he is so much at the mercy of events around him," King writes. On this point also, King's study has missed the latest trends--a growth in both professional school applications, and the number of undecided people in each Harvard class...
...there is a parade, and Wiseman consciously uses all the craggy-face-against-darkened-skies cliches to film it. Basic Training ends with a drum major pumping his arms like a human gasket, which only reiterates what the film's been demonstrating all along: that the army is a goalless, reciprocating machine...