Word: raisons
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...seem to be going through motions rather than emotions. The two best songs in the score are sexy: A Room Without Windows ("a room without doors") and The Friendliest Thing ("two people can do"). Too many of the lyrics sound like alliances between words that should never have met ("raison d'ètre . . . et cetera...
...episodes constitute a precious document in the history of psychology; they provide the explanation by one knowledgeable, sensitive, and articulate observer for the inevitability of the suicide of one of the most celebrated international personalities of our time. Still, the truth is--though it may sound callous--that the raison d'etre of many people is to furnish fodder for works of art. A great work of art is often worth more than a human life. And it is not impossible that history will remember Marilyn Monroe chiefly through Miller's play...
...Vogue's raison d'etre provides the theme which permeates the book, and, I think, insures its success. As well as reporting "news" in its own inimitable way, Vogue exists more importantly to "cherish the sense of beauty, to feed the mind, to stir the imagination." In performing these functions, it excels. One must, of course, put up with those inevitable articles on the role of women, on travel, on famous people. The writing about the arts is sometimes noteworthy and often entertaining...
...Bill," you claim that continuation of massive public demonstrations by Negro action groups "might well destroy all hope for any sort of meaningful legislation." Although I agree that violence in Washington would be self-defeating, I would remind you that such organized protest represents the civil rights package's raison d'etre. Furthermore, I would submet that such organizations as the N.A.A.C.P. and C.O.R.E. must maintain the momentum of the crisis psychology...
...only way to learn the doctrines of the master was to sit at the master's feet. Since that time, Gutenberg has invented the printing press, and recently even faster means have been found for duplicating the written word. These developments have entirely deprived the lecture system of its raison d'etre...