Word: retreat
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...that of a callous and irresponsible drifter. Where movies have never experienced many qualms in dismissing homosexuality by equating it with impotency (except, of course, when a child entered the room--for only then did the homosexual become a clear and present danger), when dealing with bisexuality, they retreat in fear. Since sex in the movies has most often been presented as nothing more than a contest between the strong and the weak, the bisexual, double-sexed as he is assumed to be, is especially dangerous; he is thought to be driven by unquenchable passions and all are expected...
...kind of constitution that the Assembly decides to adopt. Bhutto is believed to favor a strong presidential system, with himself as the powerful chief executive. Wali and other opposition leaders want a parliamentary system that will give them a larger voice. But for the moment, Bhutto's prudent retreat on martial law is an encouraging sign for Pakistan's future...
Even as the possibility of a major retreat on integration lessened in the Senate, a new threat arose in the House. There the Judiciary Committee, which is chaired by New York Democrat Emanuel Celler, 83, a veteran civil rights advocate, opened hearings on a constitutional amendment, proposed in no fewer than 30 versions, that would ban busing for racial purposes. Confident that the Administration was also opposed to such an amendment, Celler had planned only perfunctorv hearings, expecting the matter to die swiftly. Now, not at all sure of Nixon's eventual stand (the President last week was studying...
...hash, and limited quantities of acid rarely produce bad aftereffects, Pope has found; the drugs that worry him the most are speed and depressants. A number of young people described to him "a sequence beginning with marijuana, then a rise to a plateau of hallucinogen use, followed by... a retreat to opiates, barbiturates, and alcohol." Pope thinks that because of the older generation's heavy use of downs, "depressant use may inspire less guilt or anxiety in youths than does marijuana or the hallucinogens...
...only previous experience, Bartleby tells Scofield, was working in the dead-letter division of the post office. Soon after Scofield hires him, Bartleby begins to retreat inside himself. Asked to perform some routine task, he replies, "I'd prefer not to," and never provides further amplification. He lives entirely in the office and becomes for Scofield a burden, an obsession and, finally, an inescapable moral responsibility. Bartleby will not leave when he is dismissed, so Scofield moves the whole office to new quarters. Bartleby remains behind, but he is like an embodiment of some old guilt that Scofield...