Word: markedness
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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An expanded meeting of Republican congressional leaders marked one small step for the better. Nixon asked for advice on the economy, and he listened. There was Illinois Senator Charles H. Percy, heretofore considered a White House enemy, warning about an onslaught of angry American tourists who are finding out how...
1976 will mark the 200th anniversary of the Declaration of Independence. In preparation for the Bicentennial celebration, relevant sections of black neighborhoods have been marked for demolition, and highways, military museums and convention centers are blueprinted to take their place. The Republican version of an Eliot House mixer is planned...
"Midnight Jazz Session II" in Radio City Music Hall brought together 30 musicians in an exciting, albeit seemingly disorganized, concert before an enthusiastic young audience. That many of the musicians had never played together before created more interest than actual disorganization. Three of the seven sets were particularly notable. A...
The festival closed Sunday with Duke Ellington, a prince, and Aretha Franklin, the queen of soul, in "Jazz and Soul on the Island." This concert was a conscious effort on the part of the producers to bring about a greater affinity between the two great black musical forms. It was...
Love & Fame marked the publication of his first religious poems. While many were supercilious, even silly, a precious few bodied forth a new serenity. One cruel portentious line stands naked among these calmer poems: "I certainly don't think I'll last much longer."