Word: good
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...interpretation of a given chart that determines whether an astrologer is adjudged good, mediocre or bad. And it is here that astrology's scientific pretensions are tested, and fail. If astrology works in any way other than intuition on one side and faith plus hope on the other, the key question for modern man is "How?" The how of things seldom bothered the Babylonians, for whom a mountain might fly through the air or the sun stand still. Later it was assumed that some kind of emanations issued from heavenly bodies to affect the characters and destinies of men. When...
...continue to uphold the fancy that particular planets influence particular facets of human personality or specific events. Even under these ground rules, there are so many variables and options to play with that the astrologer is always right. Break a leg when your astrologer told you the signs were good, and he can congratulate you on escaping what might have happened had the signs been bad. Conversely, if you go against the signs and nothing happens, the astrologer can insist that you were subconsciously careful because you were forewarned...
Sensitivity, intuition and maybe even clairvoyance make the difference between such tomfoolery and "good" astrology. The good astrologer senses the mood of his client, perceives his problems and finds
...Line. Though they do not lug revolvers and they frequently debate quitting the force, the Mod Squadders are in fact good TV cops. When they catch a criminal, usually after a long chase, they beat him up as thoroughly as do the toughest TV heroes. Nor is the series always soft on hippies. In one episode, the Modders go to the aid of an underground paper only to discover that the scheming hippie editor had bombed and wrecked the paper himself to attract publicity and expose "police indifference." Still, the actors try for a modicum of realism. When one script...
...sanctifying grace. It took away, too, the gifts that had accompanied grace: the idyllic paradise that was Eden; the freedom from pain, from suffering, and from death. Because of it, all men be came subject more to their passions than to their reason, more prone to evil than to good. It was, in short, "original...