Word: learnedness
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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THE world had hardly learned of Martin Luther King's murder in Memphis before speculation began that the civil rights leader had been the victim of a well-planned conspiracy. The rumor mills were lubricated in part by the assiduously cultivated doubts that some still entertain about the killing...
In its purest "oldtime" form, the music echoed the authentic Scotch-Irish folk heritage of the area. This is the style that has been passed from generation to generation on isolated farms where music is about the only recreation that doesn't smack of sin. The group that won...
Their best guard, Jerry West, is accident prone. Their best forward, Elgin Baylor, is a 33-year-old with two bad knees. Their coach, Bill van Breda Kolff, is a first-year man who learned his trade in the Ivy League. Yet, after losing 22 of their first 44 games...
The TV camera, in fact, is omnipresent. Plugged into the nation's living rooms, it has created a kind of instant party line. For politicians, exposure on TV is crucial. And the smell of the crowd has led to the roar of the grease paint. Candidates have learned that...
Michel Deville, who directed her in Benjamin, feels that her burgeoning success is due to something more than the common combination of pressagent and pretty face. Her demeanor is cool as ever, but she has learned to project an atmosphere that audiences find appealing. "It's not really a...