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Convulsive outbursts like the 1960s, occur only occasionally in our history, not because the gap between hopes and achievements is necessarily greater in such periods, but because it is perceived as such. The continuing "cognitive dissonance" created by this gap breeds four responses--the intense moralism of the creedal passion periods, cynicism, hypocrisy (a denial that the gap exists, known under other circumstances as patriotism), and complacency. Relative deprivation amidst general prosperity, and increased numbers of politically active young people (who tend to moralism, becoming cynical, patriotic or complacent as they age) are among the possible triggers of activist phases...
Most of the cutbacks are not scheduled to occur until the 1983-84 school year. But one aspect of Reaganomics is already causing disruptions. After Congress voted to phase out Social Security educational benefits to children of deceased, disabled or retired parents last summer, more than 150,000 high school seniors realized that unless they enrolled as full-time college students by May 1 they would not receive the benefits averaging $2,760 a year. One result: many students are trying to skip part of their senior year to get early admission to nearby community colleges or state universities...
...Witnesses also teach that the Second Coming occurred secretly in 1914, a date reached by complex historical and biblical rationales; the end of the world system must occur during the present generation (an interpretation of Luke 21: 32: "This generation will not pass away till all has taken place"). The dissidents have come to believe that Christ's kingdom and the "last days" were inaugurated at about A.D. 33, and that Christ's Second Coming is a future event...
...contend that roughly 1 million people have left the Watch Tower ranks over the past decade. The Witnesses report that they are still growing, thanks to nonstop recruiting. Still, that success may not go on for long. They have necessarily backed off the 1975 date, but the End must occur during the lifetime of people who still remember the earthly events of 1914. With the rapidly thinning ranks of such oldsters, the Witnesses confront an increasingly troublesome, self-imposed and absolute deadline. -By Richard N. Ostling. Reported by Anne Constable/Atlanta
...private-sector economists dispute this view. Michael Evans, who runs an economic consulting service in Washington, notes that Americans traditionally do increase their savings right after a tax cut. There are already some signs that this happened after the 5% tax reduction last October, and it is likely to occur again when the rate drops another 10% on July 1 this year and a final 10% next year. After a brief increase in savings, Evans points out, consumers have usually "adjusted their spending habits gradually upward," and the savings rate drops down to its previous level. Thus the Government probably...