Word: jacksons
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...ballplayer of the old stamp, the kind that played before the game took on the attributes of a big-money promotional sport. He wasn't another imposter like "Catfish" Hunter, whining about his next million dollar bonus. Nor was he a giant-sized "hot dog" (alias superstar) like Reggie Jackson. He played ball with spirit and enthusiasm, albeit a little oddly--with a sincerity that caught the fancy of all who watched him. And the fans flocked by the tens of thousands to see him, to cheer their hero. The oldtimers said they had never seen anything like...
...Jackson, assistant dean of the Kennedy School of Government and coordinator of the program, said yesterday the presence of so many reporters had inconvenienced the procedures of the seminars. He added however, he believed the seminar achieved its educational goals...
...Wyoming: Jackson Lake Dam ought to be reinforced against the earthquakes to which that area is susceptible...
...opposition to hedonism is not limited to conservatives. The Rev. Jesse Jackson, Chicago black-activist leader, says he used to think that sexual morality was a private affair, but then he began to wonder why he saw so few young people engaged in social action. "Were they marching for full employment?" he asks. "Were they marching to rebuild cities? No, the thrust was to lower the drinking age to 18, to legalize marijuana, to engage in sex and accept no responsibility for the baby. [But] one has to have an ethical base for a society. Where the prime force...
...Jackson is exaggerating, to be sure. Even those experts who criticize the Jacobin era of the sexual revolution generally believe some good things have come to pass-greater frankness, greater tolerance, greater willingness to experiment. Many also point out that the time has come to stop equating morality with sexual morality, to separate it from cheating, betrayal and cruelty. Still, at a time when sex is being widely commercialized, when people's emotional needs are often manipulated and exploited, it is interesting simply to record that a substantial majority of Americans cling to a belief in many...