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Not Stasis but Change. This approach owes much to the late C. Wright Mills, the contentious Columbia University sociologist who died at 46 in 1962. Mills hurled his books like Molotov cocktails at the sociological myths of the time: that order prevailed, that the national institutions evolved by civilized societies...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Behavior: The New Sociology | 1/5/1970 | See Source »

At first his manager claimed that he was just feverish from some bug he picked up in Australia, but now it's official: love has finally come to Tiny Tim. An impetuous swain, the unearthly falsetto couldn't wait to tell reporters about his betrothal to Vicki Budinger...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: People: Sep. 26, 1969 | 9/26/1969 | See Source »

The sin of these college-age dog owners is their original impetuous purchase. To a couple, they each got their dogs at a time of heady emotion, without considering how impossible it would be to fit the dog into their already cramped lives and crowded apartments.

Author: By John G. Short, | Title: Two Short Essays | 4/7/1969 | See Source »

But this imprisoning world also contains their actions. Edelstein plays down his actors' facial expressions and impetuous gestures, orchestrating every body motion into the rhythm of the film. Changes in his characters' positions directly express the progress of the plot and establish a system of relations between his characters which...

Author: By Mike Prokosch, | Title: Rappaccini | 3/22/1969 | See Source »

ARIES-The Ram, Mar. 21-Apr. 19 (Governs the head) Mars, Pluto- rulers of the 1st house Positive: Enterprising, incisive, spontaneous Negative: Impatient, impetuous Career: Pioneer, architect, soldier

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Modern Living: Modern Living: Mar. 21, 1969 | 3/21/1969 | See Source »

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