Word: longer
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...things that we are all familiar with. If schools are merely dispensaries of knowledge, then why did our teachers put such an exaggerated emphasis on our getting to school exactly on time? Why was cheating on exams so fanatically discouraged even though a student writing an examination is no longer in a position to increase his store of knowledge on the subject at hand? Why was such a premium placed on competitiveness, and why were the most creative, most imaginative children always the most heavily penalized? As for the assertion that most of what is learned in school is necessary...
Gatto accepted the position last Tuesday night, after the Brockton School board postponed consideration of a similar offer. "I had a committment to tell Middlesex of my decision [last] Tuesday night," Gatto said. "I was hoping to hear what Brockton would offer, but I couldn't wait any longer...
MARCUSE'S speech was full of the cliches which have become part of college life. But under his guidance they were no longer cliches. Words like repressive, co-opted, and liberation took on a new, fresh meaning under his masterful diction. I was ready to follow him anywhere...
...restrictions on TV and radio ads for cigarettes. Significantly, those who are "most convinced" that cigarettes are dangerous tend to be people under 30. The polls confirm suspicions that smoking is encountering a psychological reversal among the young. Although cigarettes are still a staple of adolescence, they are no longer the props for manliness and sophistication that they once were...
Manhattan's renowned "21" restaurant swung open its iron-grille gate on West 52nd St. as a classy speakeasy during prohibition. It has since evolved into a unique American showplace: a restaurant run in some ways more like a club than a public accommodation. There is no longer a trapdoor on the bar to trip drinks into a sewer at the press of a button, but logs still crackle in the fireplaces and a $750,000 collection of paintings, drawings and bronzes adorns the paneled walls. Habitues include the rich, the powerful and the famous, plus thousands of others...