Word: men
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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Writing in Encounter, Sociologist Riesman argues that the children of the lonely crowd-whether protesting the war or campaigning for Eugene McCarthy-reject adjustment to the mores of their affluent elders as "immoral compromise." But there is danger in their idealistic revolt, implies Riesman. Since most men are not "heroes or saints," he notes, the zealots of the new generation may have to modify their ideals. Otherwise, they run the risk of becoming "cynical about themselves or deluded about their society, or both...
There is, however, a fundamental difference in the reactions to the two men. Nixon tended to enrage his opponents and the targets of his venom; Agnew's thrusts are more often met by amusement or disdain. Nixon and Agnew came to the vice-presidency with very different intellectual and educational equipment; Nixon in 1953 was a young but consummate politician with far more practical savvy than Agnew brings to his job. Moreover, the present Vice President has a dual mission that was not necessary in the less ambiguous days...
...town square, men gather beneath plane trees to sip retsina, a resin-flavored wine. They see a photographer and nod knowingly to each other: "Spiro." At the corner of Aristotle and Socrates streets stands a house built some 200 years ago by an earlier Anagnostopoulos. Spiro's cousin, Andreas, a quiet, naturally dignified man, lives on the second floor with his family...
...also a good day for Richard Nixon, who had personally campaigned for Holton in Virginia and for William Cahill, the gubernatorial winner in New Jersey. Both men won bigger than expected, and the G.O.P. will control 32 of the 50 Governors' mansions, an arithmetic not duplicated since the first Eisenhower landslide. The outcome on the principal sites of combat...
Attorney General John Mitchell, who failed to catch Haynsworth's peccadilloes when he originally screened the judge, was expected to push hard for the confirmation to redeem his own prestige. Nixon men talk of "renewed efforts" on behalf of Haynsworth. House Republican Leader Gerald Ford revealed that he is considering bringing impeachment proceedings against liberal Associate Justice William O. Douglas. Douglas has been criticized for accepting money from a foundation that received some funds from gambling interests. Ford denied any retaliation against Haynsworth foes, but said that the same strict ethical standards applied to Haynsworth should apply...