Word: hauntingly
(lookup in dictionary)
(lookup stats)
Dates: during 1960-1969
Sort By: most recent first
(reverse)
...lack of appetite, headaches, constipation and loss of weight. > A decline in selfesteem, which shows up in daydreaming, procrastination in schoolwork, inability to concentrate on reading material, apathy and fatigue. > A loss of interest in academic work. The student may prefer "to thumb idly through magazines and science fiction, haunt movies, sit about all day listening to hi-fi or just languishing." >Suicide threats and notes, which "should always be taken seriously...
...loss was significant for two reasons. It demonstrated that Peters, the pride of last year's pitching staff, has not fully recovered from a bout of mononucleosis. And it pointed out the defensive weaknesses that may haunt coach Norm Shepard all season. Harvard's batsmen will have to hit better than they did yesterday to win back the runs they give away on the field...
Specters of past Presidential aspirants haunt the history of Wisconsin primaries--Sen. Arthur Vandenburg in 1940, Wendell L. Wilkie in 1944, Gen. Douglas MacArthur...
Erik Erikson, one of the idols of this college generation (his books are required reading at 800 colleges), coined the term "identity crisis" to describe the internal revolution experienced at this time of life. Probably few terms have come back to haunt their progenitor more perniciously than this one. Whenever a sophisticated adolescent scents trouble from an authority figure, he tends to justify himself on the ground of validity of his "identity crisis," and on this basis, to demand acceptance and even succor. In a way, this perverse reaction points up Erikson's meaning which is in no way invalidated...
This novel brings up such questions because Gore Vidal is a reasonably serious writer: his credentials, if haphazard, are all in order. Although he has taken time out to run for Congress as a Democrat in 1960 and to haunt television panels as a sort of sexy Schlesinger or political Capote, he has always been primarily a working novelist (Julian), playwright (Visit to a Small Planet), and critic (Rocking the Boat...