Word: seem
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...People who motor to their places of employment must make allowances for the time they will spend sitting still in long lines and for the time they will have to devote to finding a place to put their automobile once they arrive. To be spared such an ordeal would seem a blessing, but to suggest to an American that he give up his automobile is to invite incredulous laughter...
...world, transmitted to them by television. There is much to admire in this remarkable invention and more than a little cause for concern. On the one hand, television unites in common perceptions a disparate people spread across a broad continent. Such an immediate and inclusive forum would seem an unquestioned boon to Democracy. Such is not entirely the case. Although television appears to reflect marvelous diversity, it in fact fosters uniformity. Varieties of American speech, fashions and opinions are modified toward sameness by the examples of what millions of Americans watch. It also seems to me that television achieves part...
...young give comparatively little to charity: those ages 30 to 34 report giving 1.7% of their income, according to a 1985 Yankelovich poll. That may be because they have not yet reached their full earning capacity and have less disposable income than their elders. Still, baby boomers seem less willing to give than their parents--"a downward trend that bears serious watching," says Richard Lyman, president of the Rockefeller Foundation. "It would be a tragedy if it is an early sign that philanthropy in this country is losing some of its force...
...still, to hold a Ptolemaic rather than a Copernican view of their place in the universe. Whatever America is, best or worst, it is at the center of things. At the moment, after the long self-lacerations of Viet Nam, Watergate and the rest, Americans in the Reagan era seem in the mood for assertive self-celebration...
...members. At Bowling Green State University, apparently the one college with a department devoted to the subject, 22 students are currently pursuing degrees in pop. (An undergraduate's dream: degree credit for watching Gilligan's Island reruns and reading R. Crumb.) Unfortunately, the pop academy's insights often seem to have the depth and complexity of pop itself...