Word: moods
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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Settlers in Santa Fe were in a festive mood when they chose the city plaza as the site for a 33-ft. obelisk dedicated to "the heroes who have fallen in the various battles with savage Indians in the Territory of New Mexico." A plaque bearing that inscription went onto the monument's cornerstone in 1868, and there is no record that anyone found it objectionable...
...poll's findings show a general mood of public despair about conditions in the nation-an attitude that has changed drastically since a Yankelovich survey in October 1972, shortly before Nixon's triumphant reelection. Then, 53% of the people had a positive feeling about the way things were progressing; now 71% feel that things are going badly. Watergate is a substantial factor in the shift, since 36% of the public now express concern about the scandal. Yet the economy worries more people (66%, a climb of 25% since 1972), while the war in Southeast Asia predictably has dropped...
...true that they can answer all the mail and sign bills better once they are clear of Pennsylvania Avenue. But important matters cannot be resolved well by an itinerant President. Information is limited, the passion of arguments is lost when they are put down on paper, and the mood and feel of a crisis disappears in the tranquil havens of sun and water...
...friendly. Individuals could make a comfortable life on their own. Politics seemed irrelevant. So did a national, even a community spirit. Many immigrants planned only to make their fortunes and return to Europe. Even when they stayed, many never quite thought of themselves as anything but transients. The same mood prevails today. Says Novelist Murena: "I was born here. But sometimes I find myself asking: Am I really going to die here among these strangers...
...Senator, Lyndon B. Johnson drafted the legislation that created NASA. As President, he watched the first Apollo flights take off. Last week in Houston, the Lyndon B. Johnson Space Center was dedicated on the 65th anniversary of his birth. In a mood of nostalgia under the hot and sullen skies of Texas, Lady Bird unveiled Sculptor Jimilu Mason's bust of her late husband and received a standing ovation as she quietly recalled her personal memories of the space age: "For us, my husband and me and a small group of guests, the news of Sputnik came while...