Word: magic
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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Times and thrones have changed since Walter Bagehot, the 19th century British political analyst, said of royalty: "In its mystery is its life. We must not let daylight in upon magic." Royal houses, which once saw outside light only when their occupants were wedded, beheaded, deported or deposed, today are almost constantly floodlit. Queen Elizabeth's younger sister Margaret is squired by a swinger 17 years her junior, and the princess's rift with Photographer-Husband-Antony-Armstrong-Jones-the-Earl-of-Snowdon reigns supreme on front pages and TV for days on end. Princess Anne, 25, the Queen...
Still, the magic persists, though democratic Kings and Queens often wield less executive power than a welfare caseworker...
...spirit Ephraim brings his pupils good news about the cosmic dance of souls, though he warns that if the world is destroyed, heaven would vanish. The same Keatsian reverence for earthly pleasures pervades Merrill's poem. Words are to be cherished because they open magic casements...
...Magic Flute, 2:30 and 7:30 and Romeo and Juliet (ballet...
Even in the best of times, Kissinger is hypersensitive to what he considers unfair criticism. His concern about distortions of his policy are compounded by the problem that his old diplomatic magic has not been working too well of late. The U.S. seems, for example, to have lost some of its prestige as the primary peace broker in the Middle East...