Word: grimness
(lookup in dictionary)
(lookup stats)
Dates: during 1960-1969
Sort By: most recent first
(reverse)
AFTER more than a year of study, the National Commission on the Causes and Prevention of Violence saw that grim picture of future life in urban America. The vision gave added urgency to the work of the commission's 13 members, who delved into every aspect of their subject from violence on television to gun control and assassinations. Last week, in their final statement, the commissioners called for a drastic change in the nation's priorities...
...vehement put-down of men sticks more strongly in one's mind: "Like the tyrannosaurus, man is blocking evolution.... Until he gives up existence, there will be no relief from suffering nor any moral progress on this planet." She is smiling slightly, we hope, even though her tone is grim. But she is serious. Her anti-male attitude is a big facet of the Journal's version of the liberation movement...
...PAUL F. GRIM Pittsburgh...
...poetry everywhere. American literature at its most libertine spoke, ruthlessly mocking the discipline and care of poetry along with the paralyzing limitations that have admittedly been placed upon it. The line between space and sloppiness, like the one between innovativeness and perversity, grew tenuous. With Brautigan, things were looking grim for those of us who were counting on salvation in looseness and space...
COLUMBIA-BROWN; While chewing this one over, I am tempted to spit it out, Columbia has made for some good copy this year, and I am grateful, but it really looks grim today for the Lions, who may have the first 0-9 season in their history by dinner tonight. Columbia is pulling all stops, however. Last night at Barnard there was a sock hop, and Frankie Avalon was there with Conway Twitty. If the Lions can pull out a win today, these sock hops could well become weekly affairs, ergo, as commonplace as losing. Oddly enough, Columbia's sports...