Word: learnedness
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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The time is 1943. Scene: the 440 Club in Indianapolis. A chunky, exuberant 20-year-old named Wes Montgomery sits on the bandstand. Inspired by the recordings of the great jazz guitarist Charlie Christian ("they burned my ears"), he has bought a guitar with his day-laborer's wages...
Wes plays the same solos through again, note for note. They are all that he has learned so far. Except for them, he can barely pick out a scale.
This potentially revolutionary situation would not have occurred if President Kirk had not ordered policemen to break up the student sit-ins early Tuesday morning. The resulting violence created a massive revulsion that brought students together in their denunciation of the administration's decision. In this way, students learned the...
For three days after the violence, disgusted policemen flooded the campus. They dangled their Billy Clubs and to pass time they played the delicate yo-yo games with the little baseball bats which they had learned in many years of dawdling before and after action.
On the U.S. Role. On the U.S. side, the biggest initial problems were logistical, the number of troops available and the lack of U.S. troops' experience in a counterinsurgency environment. To build a logistical base to support over half a million men has been a herculean task. We now...