Word: modern
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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There is much cynicism about everything from TV commercials and pressagentry to politicians with ghostwriters, the implication being that this is the modern way of doing things. A lot of blame is also put on the high pressure of modern life, on the drive for success at all costs, on the decline of old ethical restraints. As long ago as two decades, Anthropologist Ruth Benedict observed that the U.S. was changing from a "guilt culture," in which people's consciences restrained them, to a "shame culture," in which the main deterrent was fear of getting caught...
Having grown outward, Los Angeles is now in the process of growing upward, a shift reflected in the thrusting towers near city hall and the modern, luxury high-rise apartment houses that now line the west end of Wilshire Boulevard in Beverly Hills and Westwood. Still, for all the city's growth, there remain many areas of country living deep inside the city limits, where hills and valleys, treed lawns and wild animals abound. Patios, swimming pools-preferably in odd shapes-and private tennis courts are numerous enough to be taken for granted...
...Finley's haiku deal with such close-to-childhood subjects as kites, tadpoles, animals and birthdays. They also deal with modern communications...
Limited to Nothing. With King's people helping in promotion and circulation, the magazine now boasts color ads, uses modern mailing-list techniques as well as offering come-on cut-rate subscriptions. King's help also gets Encounter a position of unaccustomed prominence on British newsstands. As a result, circulation is steadily rising. There are hopes that it will reach 50,000 readers and the financial break-even point by 1969. "I would like to have it said that this is the first intellectual magazine to stand on its own feet," says Editor Lasky...
...Butler, Dean of Manhattan's St. John the Divine Cathedral as their church's new rector. A self-styled "Catholic in the reformed tradition," Butler fits into Trinity's high-church pattern, has a reputation as a pastoral preacher who skillfully uses Biblical passages to illuminate modern themes. Butler would like to see some of Trinity's daughter chapels become selfsupporting, thus providing seed money for new projects in Harlem and other depressed areas of the city. Trinity's power and wealth, he says, must always be used "for the maximum good of the nation...