Word: moods
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...This is the end of Western civilization." It was a sign of the economic times last week that, when Richard Nixon announced another dollar devaluation, the predominant reaction throughout Western civilization was one of relief. Richard Kattel, president of The Citizens & Southern Bank of Georgia, expressed the new American mood: "I think devaluation is a good thing. It will make us more competitive overseas. We have swallowed the hardest pill we had to swallow -our pride...
...would make a final stand in the city, the Indian army was awaited calmly and without fear. Most people went about their usual business - offices were open, rickshas running and pushcarts plying. The sweet tea of the street stalls drew the same gabby old fellows with white beards. The mood of the overwhelming majority of Bengalis was less one of apprehension than pent-up anticipation. Said one Bengali journalist: "Now we know how the Parisians felt when the Allies were approaching...
...this week's anniversary of the revolts drew near, some delegates to the congress from Gdansk, scene of the worst rioting, reported variously that the mood of the city was "uncertain" or "volatile." Gierek hopes that his record to date will persuade Poles to be patient, but he and his colleagues are mindful that the workers, having overturned one government with surprising swiftness, may not be willing to wait very long...
...suburban Detroit, Mr. and Mrs. John E. Troppi, already the parents of seven, became apprehensive about the possibility of another pregnancy. Mrs. Troppi obtained a prescription for Norinyl, Syntex Laboratories' contraceptive pill, and her nervousness vanished. But her calm mood, she claimed, was the result of her druggist's mistake: he had given her Nardil, a tranquilizer, and Mrs. Troppi later gave birth to a son. If the Troppis can prove negligence, a Michigan court of appeals ruled, a lower court can then order the druggist to pay damages. In computing the amount, the appeals bench said...
TIME Correspondent Ted Hall, who recently visited the town, reports that the mood there now is one of apprehension, confusion over how much radiation is actually dangerous, and anger...