Word: restless
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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What seems to be happening is that, more and more, the American black is reaching out for new and less violent tools to achieve his aims. This does not mean that a restless teen-ager with rock or rifle or a tactless and brutal policeman cannot still ignite a mob in any ghetto. But rioting is no longer the black community's instant, reflex response. Through a new alchemy of awareness, the word has passed on what Malcolm X called "the wire," the black grapevine: "Cool it." The internal sanctions of the ghetto now work against spontaneous combustion...
...Free Greeks, composed of royalist ex-officers. Nearer the center of the political spectrum is the Democratic League, whose leaflets urge Greeks, "If you can't say it with votes, say it with bombs." Then there is the Patriotic Front, run by the Communists. There are also the Restless ex-Friends of the Revolution; onetime supporters of the junta's 1967 coup, they feel the regime has failed to bring social and political reforms...
...will. In 1893, Historian Frederick Jackson Turner described the American qualities born of frontier life: "That coarseness and strength combined with acuteness and inquisitiveness; that practical, inventive turn of mind, quick to find expedients; that masterful grasp of material things, powerful to effect great ends; that restless, nervous energy; and withal that buoyancy and exuberance which comes with freedom." All this could be applied to causes even more arduous-and at least as worthy-as reaching the moon. But it can happen only with the help of two forces that are extremely hard to bring into play, and there...
Equally Unkind. The standard treatment for insanity in George Ill's day was coercion and restraint. If he refused to eat because he had difficulty swallowing, or if he was too restless to lie down, his attendants would put him in a straitjacket...
Jobs for Life. Consumers are left out of the consensus, and they are becoming restless. Workers strike for giant wage increases-an average 15% this year-that aggravate inflation. Labor unrest is an ominous sign of discontent, for workers have also had their guaranteed place in the semifeudal industrial system. When a youngster fresh out of high school signs on with a company, both parties understand that he will stay on until retirement...