Word: seemly
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...Playwright John Osborne tells the story of Alfred Redl, a homosexual officer of the decaying Austro-Hungarian Empire who was forced to commit suicide when it was found that he had been selling state secrets to the Russians. Osborne's voice is badly muffled, and he cannot seem to work up the passion to breathe an inner life into the play...
...rest of the U.S.? California is virtually a nation unto itself, but it holds a strange hope, a sense of excitement-and some terror-for Americans. As most of them see it, the good, godless, gregarious pursuit of pleasure is what California is all about. The citizens of lotusland seem forever to be lolling around swimming pools, sautéing in the sun, packing across the Sierra, frolicking nude on the beaches, getting taller each year, plucking money off the trees, romping around topless, tramping through the redwoods and-when they stop to catch their breath-preening themselves on-camera...
...widely believed that this El Dorado is the mirror of America as it will become, or at least the hothouse for its most rousing fads, fashions, trends and ideas. California clothes, architecture, arts, business ventures, topless/bottomless, parks, table wines, liberated leisure styles, cults, think tanks and Disneylands seem to be spreading everywhere. California's people have created their own atmosphere, like astronauts. Yet it could be that the state is not really so different from the rest of the U.S. as it seems: that it is, in fact, a microcosm of modern American life, with all its problems...
...also too many animals at the zoo. Too many dull ones, and too many sleeping. Who wants to walk by skunks, donkeys, wild boars, and alligators to get to the monkey cage? I have nothing to say to those animals. Another problem is the bears. All real bears seem to be wildly imperfect reflections of the ideal pooh. If you don't believe me, go to the Square and look for the girl who sells home-made bears, and says in a tiny voice, "Bears for sale." In the middle of the Square. The girl is so tender and exposed...
...first five in the initial returns-along with incumbent Barbara Ackermann (sixth with 1780 votes) and School Committeeman Daniel J. Clinton (seventh with 1626-seem fairly sure of electionas the City's complicated system of electing strong candidates, eliminating weak ones, and redistributing their votes wends its way for the rest of the week...