Word: riesmans
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...David Riesman, Ford Professor of Social Sciences and a member of Meyer's survey team, said recently in The Washington Post, "It is behavior rather than attitudes that have changed over the last five years or so. What you see in these students is quiescence rather than acquiescence." Riesman went on to say that a large group of students, some former activists, feel guilty about joining the system, "but they feel forced into it--by the tight job market, by the failure of student activism...
...David Riesman '31, Ford Professor of Social Sciences, told the Class it is "false to think present college students are like those of the 1950s" and that "it is amazing to me that most people in your class have already started on one or two careers...
...Riesman said members of the Class have sought out "meaningful work" and are competitive while objecting to the idea of competition...
...Class of '69 feels it has something to say, and hence many have gone into academics. The current senior class is more modest, and has produced less academics," Riesman said...
Other behavioral scientists connect Nixon's swearing with his admiration for tough guys like General Patton and the characters John Wayne plays and with his love for sports. Notes Harvard Sociologist David Riesman: "He always wanted to be in the locker room, but never belonged there; he's like the coxswain on the crew." Many psychologists observe a deep-seated insecurity in Nixon and feel that he swears simply to be one of the boys...