Word: shedding
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...response. Its focus is on the "here and now," on what the group members experience as they sit, lie or touch together. It demands complete openness, honesty and cooperation. As described by the American Psychiatric Association, the encounter group is "a social oasis in which societal norms are explicitly shed. No longer must fa?ades of adequacy, competence, self-sufficiency be borne." Indeed, just the opposite kind of behavior is encouraged. "The group offers intimacy, albeit sometimes a pseudo intimacy-an instant and unreal form of closeness . . . one which has no commitment to permanence...
CALIFORNIA. The most populous state seems certain to remain the preserve of Republican Ronald Reagan, who has outcharmed, outfoxed and outspent his dogged Democratic foe, longtime speaker of the California assembly, and until he shed 100 Ibs., the "Big Daddy" of California politics, Jess Unruh. Four years ago, Reagan saddled the Democrats with the responsibility for tumult on the campuses, and the saddle-despite four years of Reagan rule-remains firmly affixed to his foes. Although he is way ahead, Reagan warns.his confident supporters that "I don't want to be the Tom Dewey of 1970"-and hits hard...
...industrial satellites police have been loath to venture off major arteries since Maoist Naxalites stabbed three of their colleagues to death in dark alleys as part of a deliberate campaign of terror. Heavy guard details have trailed diplomats in Montevideo since July, when Uruguay's Tupamaro guerrillas shed their Robin Hood image and wantonly murdered a political hostage. Canada was still tense following the brutal murder by fanatic Quebec separatists of a government official; a small band of terrorists, trying to blackmail the government, succeeded in frightening the entire country and forcing the suspension of some civil liberties...
...Danang, black Marines have designed a flag for black soldiers in Vietnam. A red background symbolizes blood shed by blacks in the war and in race conflict in America. A black foreground represents the face of black culture. At the center are crossed spears and shield, meaning "violence if necessary," surrounded by a wreath, symbolizing "peace if possible." The flag bears a legend in Swahili, meaning "My fear...
More than anything else, it is the worker's attitude toward his job that accounts for Japan's labor peace. The average machine-tool operator at Toyota was raised in an atmosphere of obedience that he has never really shed. He is not overly attached to such Western values as individual liberty. He views the company as an extension of all his other social relationships, not, as many Westerners see it, a world apart. A worker's job is often more important to him than his home life, a fact that most Japanese wives accept with equanimity...