Word: soul
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...what was there to see inside the techie Trekkies of Apollo? They seemed defiantly bland: all sinew, not much soul. They were the country-club Republican answer to '60s radicals. Instead of growing beards and dropping out, they kept their haircuts short and their rebellion in check. The most privileged among them played golf on the moon...
...movies and music poisoning America's soul? Probably, but not without the millions who plunk down billions for this schlock." Patrice K. Yeatter Duvall, Washington CONGRATULATIONS FOR ADDRESSING THE violence in the media issue [Cover Stories, June 12] with a degree of responsible depth. You not only suggested viable solutions but also respected the intellect of your readership. It's disturbing that more politicians don't exercise the same qualities. Fred Moffett Orange, California...
...BACKWARD! THE AMERICAN soul killed music and movies when it abandoned the Good, the True and the Beautiful as ideals. There is enough guilt to go around. Artists, producers, publishers, liberals, conservatives, politicians and businessmen are all guilty, but mostly it is the populace. We want the junk. Nyal Williams Muncie, Indiana...
...bomb on an airline (recently)." The serial mail bomber,who since 1978 has mailed or planted 16 package bombs that killed three people and injured 22, also offered an apology of sorts for the past:"We don't think it is necessary for us to do any public soul-searching in this letter. But we will say that we are not insensitive to the pain caused by our bombings." The joke was lost on the state of California, where thousands of postal workers combed through nearly every parcel and wary airline passengers -- if they ventured out at all -- were forced...
...English Marjorie Garber, a Shakespeare expert and cultural critic, is a frequent contributor to The New York Times op-ed page. A. Kingsley Porter University Professor Helen H. Vendler, an unparalleled expert on poetry, writes for the New Yorker and other publications. The author of the recent book "Soul Says," Vendler is also a contributor to the New York Times Sunday Book Review section. (In June, Vendler reviewed Bill Moyer's new book, "A Festival of Poets...