Word: meaningfulness
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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Strictly speaking, Mork & Mindy may not be political, but neither is the show "almost entirely innocent of meaning." Its overall message is not only that alien is acceptable, but that different is endearing.
Writes TIME Hong Kong Correspondent David DeVoss: "There is in Southeast Asia today a floating refugee population of well over 250,000 that has sacrificed its native culture and heritage only to be caught in a bureaucratic netherworld. Violated in a dozen ways every day, people snap under the strain...
The prospect of Assad's downfall is a chilling thought for Washington. Although he has contributed virtually nothing to the current peace process in the Middle East, the Syrian President is still regarded as a moderate at heart. Chances are that his replacement would be someone amenable to the...
Lenin had already conceived of a mass culture, separate and distinct from the high culture of the salons and the Bolshoi; and in 1917 the Central Committee announced that "in art, the proletariat is drawn to ... strong, bright and clear forms, to what is complete and has definite meaning." This...
Hysteroid dysphoria (literally meaning "hysteria-like discomfort") was considered last year for inclusion in the American Psychiatric Association's diagnostic manual, but was rejected for lack of evidence. Klein, director of research for the New York State Psychiatric Institute, is convinced that lovesickness is real enough. Says he: "These...