Word: pluralism
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...Virginia, seconded by John Adams and adopted on July 2, 1776) that provided the occasion for the Declaration of Independence declared "That these United Colonies are, and of right ought to be, free and independent States." Even until the Civil War the nation was commonly described in the plural, as "these United States...
...more financial resources than in the past. Instead of one major effort, there are about 20 separate drives, each one gearing its approach to a constituency that has a special interest and concern with the development of a particular facet of the University. Peterson says this "uniquely plural approach" allows the separate drives to proceed at their own paces...
Legal Buffer. Joseph talks of his "church" as a "legal buffer" against prosecution, but he gets a low rating as a religious patriarch, even from Osteopath Rulon Allred, founder of the polygamous Montana community where Joseph once lived. Says Allred: "He used the doctrine of plural marriage to justify conduct not acceptable to the priesthood." Indeed, Joseph has acquired his 15 wives (who now have five children) rather casually. "I decided to marry Judy after 15 minutes," he says, "and I asked Paulette [age 16] after 29 hours." The obedient wives, most of whom work as waitresses in Joseph...
...Gill's book, is there mention of an unpleasant reality, something that those lucky enough to buy the 50th anniversary issue discovered as they turned its elegant, ad-riddled pages. The New Yorker has become--maybe it's always been-boring. The "Talk of the Town" section with its plural-voiced inanities, the epic profiles of dull people, the humor pieces heavier with syrup than satire--this is what fills The New Yorker. Get rid of the cartoons--the work of Lorenz, Geo. Price, Charles Addams--and there is not much left. An occasional piece by Woody Allen. Richard Goodwin...
...music, an untutored primitive breaking all the rules without realizing it. Ives broke the rules all right, but only after having mastered them as a Yale music student. "I found I could not go on using the familiar chords only," he once said. "I heard something else." In his plural textures and unconventional progressions, he was creative kin to Pound. In his bald and unashamed quoting of pop tunes, he can be said to have prophesied pop art. In the incredible tensions he built up by playing one key or rhythm against another, or in the way he could move...