Word: socialism
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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Pakula and Brooks hide one serious--and disturbing--social comment in the giggles of Potter's second-engagement bliss. In An Unmarried Woman, the heroine proudly disdained the need for a male companion. It seems, however, that Potter cannot go more than a month without a mate. Are we to infer that men who can't live without women are "lovable" and "sensitive?" Brooks, whose Mary Richards pioneered as television's securely single woman, sells single men short...
...decade turned, and the intellectuals debated the repercussions of the Cold War, the attention of the American public turned to the rumblings of the Civil Rights movement. Podhoretz, age 30, became editor of Commentary, and immediately focused its attention on social questions. Breaking Ranks reflects this stress: Podhoretz talks about James Baldwin's the Fire Next Time and his own My Negro Problem--and Ours, offering a fascinating discussion of the accusations and threats which accompanied the movement toward integration...
...magazines has little effect on general public opinion. Podhoretz' analysis underplays the spontaneity of political actions. If, as he submits, we act only when gripped by ideas, how can he explain the riots by blacks in Watts in the summer of 1965? His view of the 1960s denies both social and economic factors, and accounts unsatisfactorily for political eruptions. Any celebration of intellectuals must remain within bounds. When Podhoretz exaggerates the efficacy of intellectuals he is really Breaking Ranks...
...relations with South Korea will definitely grow stronger if the new regime does relax social and political controls and move toward genuine democracy, Reischauer predicted...
Intelligence and military leaders had good reason to believe that Park's increasing political and social repression was alenating both American and domestic support, Reischauer said, adding that the recent student riots were "really extraordinary" and reflected the growing dissatisfaction of the educated public...