Word: madding
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...CONFESSIONS OF NAT TURNER, by William Styron. A chilling and brilliant exploration of the mind and life of the mad, messianic Virginia slave who led a bloody rebellion...
...integrated crowd of 1,100, gathered to hear the candidates debate, greeted the charge with boos and derision. State Representative Stokes, 40, was visibly shaken by the reaction. Attorney Taft was hopping mad. "Well, well, well," gritted Taft, 44. "It seems the race issue is with...
...attempts to jar the children into attention and keep them from being distracted. Administrative Director S. Willard Footlik explains that the degree of force is fitted to the needs of each pupil and contends that "the children realize we aren't yelling at them because we're mad at them." The commands, he says, are always something the children are capable of carrying out-and when they do, "they walk on clouds because they have succeeded." The harsh drills are designed to help the children to control their actions so that they move only on a teacher...
...just plain mad, the slang harangue of Rockin' Robbie D is delivered in a keening, rapid-fire wail that is recognizable only to dogs, seismographs-and teenagers. Not that the kids understand it all; sometimes, when Mr. Hip Lip, as he is also called, starts "makin' with the shakin' " on Detroit's WCHB, the station runs a write-in contest called "What Did Robbie Say?" Nobody really knows, least of all Robbie. The important thing is that Rockin' Robbie and dozens more like him have given radio an advanced case of the screaming meemies...
...game at Elsinore is more ominous. Seen through Hamlet's eyes, which is the angle of vision Shakespeare has imposed on Hamlet, the play has a purpose. But seen through the eyes of R. and G., Elsinore is a maze of cross-purposes and Hamlet is a Mad Hatter. They smell the death and disaster around them and wistfully hope to escape, but where to? The court of Denmark has given them the only identities they have ever had-roles...