Word: outlooks
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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SOME historians, remarked Arnold Toynbee, hold the view that history "is just one damned thing after another." Himself a believer in orderly historical patterns, Toynbee disapproved of such an outlook. But 1968 seems bent on supporting what he called the "antinomian"* view...
...talk of a new esthetic ("art as a symbolic medium is dead"), but these young Angelenos are basically united only by a determination to prove that creativity and innovation can flourish outside New York's hegemony. "They are just isolated, friendly, ambitious young people who share a fierce outlook," says James Monte, a curator at the Los Angeles County Museum of Art. "Because they live in a backwater, they had to remake the whole scene...
...prolonged economic crisis seemed to face France after its spring disorders and the huge wage increases that ended the general strike. Little more than two months later, that outlook has changed remarkably. Though still far from being out of danger, France has a fighting chance not only to recover from the strike but even to benefit from...
...rate unprecedented in a holiday-happy country, spent enough of their higher wages to lift July retail sales 10% above the 1967 level. Strike-depleted inventories have shrunk so low that many industries expect a manufacturing boom in the fall. Says Finance Minister François-Xavier Ortoli: "The outlook is better than we could have ex pected. The economy is righting itself...
...member board. First National countered by offering the family two seats, specified that both be filled by family representatives other than Bill White. "Young Bill is a very smart man," explains First National Chairman Montgomery Dorsey, 67. "But he doesn't have the maturity of judgment or outlook to go with his brilliance." Adds Adams: "We feel that he would be a disruptive influence on the board...