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...since Watergate and the Vietnam War has the nation undergone such comprehensive soul-searching. Gone are the relatively halcyon days of the 1950's when America was apple pie, the Star Spangled banner and wholesome values. The unsettling period of the late 1960's and early 1970's changed all that, as the Sexual Revolution and the hippie generation forced a rejection of traditional values...
...increase. The U.S. now depends on foreign producers for 38% of its supplies. In 1973, when oil prices surged in the wake of the Arab embargo against the U.S., Americans relied on foreign producers for 35% of their oil. As in the halcyon days of the 1960s, Americans believe they ought to be able to buy big cars if they feel like it or turn up the thermostat at every chill...
...results of the plebescite demonstrate the enormous support Aquino still holds among the people. After two coup attempts and innumerable other threats to her presidency, Aquino is truly the political beast that won't die. Like Reagan in his halcyon days, she seems to stand above the swirl of events that surround her. In a country in which dishonesty and politics go hand in hand, Aquino is the non-political politician, the woman who claimed she was nothing more than a housewife...
Whether the CBS shuffle actually amounts to a return to halcyon days of yore is debatable. The return of Paley provides a powerful symbol of continuity at the tradition-minded network. But Tisch, though a respected executive, has no experience in broadcasting. As equal partner in Manhattan- based Loews Corp. with his brother Preston Robert, Tisch controls holdings in hotels, tobacco and insurance worth an estimated $17.5 billion. His CBS appointment immediately raised the question of how he would balance the demands of public service and the bottom line. On that score Tisch offered quick words of reassurance...
...platform was then turned over to the Cardinal. He confidently approached the audience and began his talk by relating a personal anecdote drawn from his halcyon days of the 1950s when he was a young Harvard student in medieval history. Back then the controversial religious thinker and founder of the Catholic Worker Movement, Dorothy Day, spoke on campus to the apparent dismay of one of Law's professors who refused to open his mind to her ideas or to attend her lecture. Day was given a generally negative review by The Harvard Crimson which this professor cited to justify...