Word: oblivion
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...that by controlling their movements they would get a view of U.S. bombing as ineffectual against military targets and brutal against civilians. It hoped, by this distorted picture, to reinforce the widely held impression that the U.S. is a big powerful nation viciously bombing a small, defenseless country into oblivion, and thus spur international demands...
Psychedelic Flip-Out. The ultimate weapon of the alienated young remains the same as that employed by Goethe's Werther: oblivion, either physical (through suicide) or psychological (through drugs). Usually it is the latter, though suicide rates are rising through much of the world in the 18-to-25 age group. In Iran, for example, fully 95% of the suicides are in the Now Generation; in the U.S. nearly one in ten. More often, the flip-out is psychedelic. Acid-heads and pot smokers feel that they can ease the weight of the Sisyphean stone by drug...
...which will undoubtedly affect individual performances. As things are now, David Odell is perfect as Berenger, the stoop-shouldered milksop supreme who stands alone against the herd. He is just the right amount of pot-bellied and high voiced; he shuffles without shame and is steeped in the divine oblivion of the truly noble and the godawful stupid...
...this power and from all indications he plans to use it. After years of self-indulgence, too little thinking and barbarous political manners he plans a come-back. FDR Jr. may not take coming back to mean anything to do with the presidency. He is interested in non-oblivion, respectable non-oblivion. To qualify, he entered the race as the Liberal candidate at the request of Liberal Party boss Alex Rose, who wanted a name on the ballot that would draw votes and insure the Liberals third-party status...
...past an election was more of a momentary setback than a defeat...Now for a Massachusetts politician it's tantamount to oblivion. Senator Leverett Saltonstall '14, has served three terms. Curiously, Volpe's right to a third term, especially a new four-year term, is not even an issue in this campaign. If Volpe is to realize his dream of becoming the G.O.P.'s Vice-Presidential nominee, victory is essential this year...