Word: moods
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...next day, several hundred students refused to leave the steps of University Hall, where they had spent the night, and forced College administrators to spend the working day elsewhere. The mood throughout all the demonstrations was peaceful; although police photographed some of the earlier protests, officials said they would not take any disciplinary action against involved students...
...most ethical or the most effective" course of action, as hundreds of students staged a silent protest outside the dining hall. Then, perhaps the inevitable: reading period took its natural toll, and widespread student activism took a back seat to exam-period blues. In that sense, the "new mood" theorists could claim a victory--but only a temporary one. Members of student anti-apartheid groups promise a new round of protest soon: perhaps at this year's Commencement activities, and certainly by the time next semester gets under...
...expensive imported oil. No one gives this proposal much chance of passage, however, despite the determination of House leaders to keep on pressing. A new tax, especially one that may raise consumer prices on such a basic commodity, is hardly likely to find many supporters in Congress, given the mood of the country in this election year...
...international sale of fast-breeder nuclear reactors and Washington's inability to stabilize the dollar on world money markets. West German officials warned that despite Schmidt's warm endorsement at the U.N. of measures to control the world arms race, disarmament hardly described the Chancellor's mood as he headed for Washington...
Though they seem to have been singing Fats' songs all their lives, most of the performers knew little about him. When they began rehearsals, they watched old Waller film clips to get in the proper mood. Maltby, the son of Music Arranger Richard Maltby, knew nothing of Fats before his friend and associate director Murray Horwitz suggested building a show around Waller's work. They both soon discovered, as Maltby told TIME'S Janice Castro, that "nobody wedded comedy and music the way Fats did. He is always playing little jokes on the side...