Word: randomness
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...scriptural law of Protestantism, he argues, principles become inflexible and "obedience to prefabricated 'rules of conduct' is more important than freedom to make responsible decisions." On the other hand, the antinomian, or nonprincipled, approach of the existentialists leads to anarchy and to moral decisions that are "random, unpredictable, erratic, quite anomalous...
...attack of German measles. For the 21st time, Harvard fails to award an honorary degree to Harry S Truman. Honorary degrees are awarded to Margaret Truman: "She rose from obscurity to musical eminence," Thomas E. Dewey: "A stunning campaigner, a flawless Chief Executive," and to 22 people chosen at random from the Boston telephone directory...
VICTORIAN SCANDAL by Roy Jenkins. 447 pages. Chilmark Press; Random House...
...production like Edward Kienholz's The Beanery (opposite), currently assembled at Manhattan's Dwan Gallery. A veritable apotheosis of the ordinary, it is West Coast Artist Kienholz's reconstruction of a favorite Los Angeles artists' greasy spoon, a kind of frozen happening quickened by sounds (random conversations, taped on the spot, and jukebox background music) and circulating odors (stale bacon grease) pushed around...
...With Whites. Meanwhile the canh sat .ring Saigon with checkpoints on all major highways and waterways. Mobile units on Jeeps set up random roadblocks to keep the Viet Cong's messengers and supply carriers off balance. Other police teams constantly circulate through Saigon in family census sweeps, checking the identity cards that all South Vietnamese over 18 are required to carry. Such sweeps in the last year have flushed out 4,813 Viet Cong, plus another 1,733 army deserters...