Word: restlessness
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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Schmidt says he is not an exception because he has spoken to so many students at Harvard and Radcliffe who are dissatisfied, restless, or bored, but who do not have any "outlets." He believes Harvard could be better structured to help students find those outlets. Although he says PBH is not the answer for everyone, he hopes to help make students' involvement in the community a meaningful option. Community work is "not the way Harvard is slanted." Schmidt says, but perhaps through worthwhile programs and increased publicity, PBH can help change Harvard's slant...
...time Restic had imparted his last homily to the writers, Matthews was visibly restless, anxious to escape the heavy cigar smoke and drive back to Cambridge. (But at least this was not as bad as the last sportswriters luncheon Matthews had attended, during Dartmouth week, when the M.C. announced it was time to eat by blowing a shrill whistle and yelling "Half-time"; when Restic said admiringly of a Harvard tackle there to receive a player-of-the-week award, "I have not heard Bob Shaw say two words on the football field. It's not because...
Everything about him reflected sexuality--the restless, roving energy; the aggressive skills; fastball pitching; home run hitting; the speed with which he drove cars; the loud rich voice; the insatiable appetite; the constant need to placate his mouth with food, drink, a cigar, chewing gum, anything...He received absolute physical joy from cards, golf, bowling, punching...
When Nixon stepped out of the vice presidency, Johnson took over. In some ways, he was like Nixon. At least part of the problem in Johnson's vice presidency was L.B.J.'s personality and lust for power. The more restless he got, the more suspicious of him the Kennedy people became...
...bring about the grand reforms-notably narrowing the income gaps between the rich and the poor-that he promised in his campaign. For the moment, Giscard has a seemingly solid majority in the Assembly and a favorable image with the voting public. But with the unions getting ever more restless and militant and with some grumbling on the back benches, the President will soon have to offer something more than a certain Kennedyesque charm and a revised national anthem if he hopes...