Word: modern
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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FACES. The purgatory of modern, middle-aged marriage is depicted by Writer-Director John Cassavetes with an obsessive eye for surface realism. His film has an air of grainy honesty, but his characters are so obsessed with themselves that they leave little room for audience empathy...
...What do we have in this modern-day society besides each other? If we have peace and harmony with our fellow man about us, we have everything we need to live a well-ordered life. If we will §o out of our way to accept our fellow man as he is and for what goodness he may have, we will have come a long way in making this country the safe, secure place it should be. I think President Nixon in his inaugural address was at times pushing the necessity of mankind's working together and accepting...
...Nixon [Jan. 24] wanted them and now he has them: Viet Nam, ghettos, taxes, inflation, France, Russia, Cuba, gun control, hunger, nuclear nonproliferation and strikes. Also, he faces added worries because: 1) the majority of the voters rejected him, 2) he must live up to his promises of a modern Shangrila, and 3) he must accomplish all this with a fresh Cabinet and a Vice President who is the biggest joke in the history of American politics. Due to these factors, Richard Nixon should become the most prayed-for President in our nation's history...
...realized in 20th century America as a year-round vacation resort. It sounded at first like a sterling idea to almost everyone concerned. Last week, however, when the Disney group's plans were given final approval by the Forest Service, Mineral King became the center of a modern claims battle between conservationists, who want to keep the wilderness sequestered, and recreationists intent on opening...
...staid burghers of Zurich, so obviously part of the modern world, re acted to the unfolding murder story with a primitive moral fury that the tabloid Blick described as "terrifying." Despite the judge's plea for temperance, police cars taking the accused to and from the court needed extra protection against would-be lynchers and were covered with spittle. Newspapers received hundreds of suggestions for punishment no less demonic than poor Bernadette's exorcism. One writer suggested tying the couple to a telephone pole and "delivering them to the people's anger until their God delivered them...