Word: moods
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...main problem is getting people to think of us," she said. Another staffer sees a certain mood at Harvard as responsible for the lack of interest in Room 13. "A lot of Harvard students are into being independent; they think this place is for a bunch of psychos," Frances V. Bigda '76 said...
...first cut, "Something New," is a good time boogie tune in which Chris Wood's horns, instead of wandering aimlessly as in the past, provide the perfect rhythm backdrop to Stevie Winwood's crisp piano playing. "Dream Gerrard" is the piece most indicative of the album's general mood. Winwood seems to place more emphasis on keyboards as opposed to guitar with the piano (both electric and conventional) figuring prominently. In addition, Winwood's experimentation with mellotron and synthesizer is highly successful. The tasteful string arrangement simulated by the mellotron, complements the strong rhythm section quite well, joined...
Seferis's allusions to the feverish mood of people and politicians reveal a curious mix of irony and resignation. "At the Ministry yesterday morning: I seemed to smell the pharmaceutical emissions of a hospital. It's an intense sensation that grabs me by the nostrils, as though I'm in some refuge for rare neurotics." The poet allows himself an awareness of the social climate only through the screen of his own detachment. On a New Year's Eve in Athens he is appalled by the chaos and aimlessness of a raucous crowd; yet he writes as though the lack...
Nixon could still refuse to comply with the commission's subpoenas on grounds of Executive privilege. But he used that argument twice as President in his court fights over evidence-and lost both times. Ford, however, has shown no sign of being in the mood to create such a commission...
...Unwanted Group." The mood is strikingly similar to that of the 1950s Silent Generation, in that today's students are chiefly concerned with their own personal lives. Says Senior Steve Ainsworth, 21, former editor of the Daily Bruin, the student newspaper at the University of California at Los Angeles: "The mood is, 'I'm here for me.' The kids are preoccupied with going into the mainstream of economic life...