Word: shame
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...show their subject in conflict with some external foe like the Boers or Lord Salisbury, but never in conflict with themselves. But to a Churchill freak like myself, any kind of visual stimuli is welcome which recalls a man whose abilities would put any post-war American politician to shame, particularly the current resident of the White House who is fond of comparing himself to Churchill when he isn't calling Nguyen Van Thieu the Churchill the Churchill of Asia...
...Sham and Shame...
...land when he is accountable for a Watergate scandal, ITT, etc. As to the reason other Americans have not raised their voices, I can only assume that Americans badly need something to cheer about rather than condemn; some reason to feel good about their country rather than to feel shame. Nixon has given us an overdose of sham and shame. My vote is for George McGovern, who offers us a change for the better. EMILY BING Cincinnati...
...kibbutzim have produced few major artists, writers or musicians. One explanation is offered by Psychiatrist Stanley Greenspan of the National Institute of Mental Health in Bethesda, Md. He has interviewed many young kibbutzniks and found that they suffer from feelings of guilt and shame when their personal aspirations conflict with their loyalty to the kibbutz. Those who resolve the conflict sufficiently to ask for permission to study outside may run into resistance. "If a girl's heart's desire to become a ballerina is not just a whim, and if she is talented, then she will get ballet...
...psychological troubles in the world today. Sickle-cell anemia apparently can't be mentioned without bringing in miscegenation, heroin addiction, and the ghetto experience. Twin "babies" age twenty-eight, spell double-trouble night down the line: homosexuality, incest, fake suicides and "dressing up" together; they put the Bobbseys to shame...