Word: spirit
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...many middle-class Americans in the '60s: "Men would suddenly realize that they have no life any more, no freedom of spirit, no freedom of will and personality, that somebody has stolen all that from them. People will become depressed and bored." Many protesters of the '60s revealed a deep-seated boredom, as was suggested by Abbie Hoffman's catch phrase, "revolution for the hell of it." Boredom, usually underrated as a force in history, is not a frivolous issue. It is the result not merely of prosperity but of spiritual emptiness. Nothing may be more boring...
...Crimson at this point became a litle worried. The Beavers were really cheering-their foilers were going to win three, again. Ruderman dampened their spirits when he dumped his haughty opponent, 5-3. Weissman surprised coach Marion and killed the Beaver spirit with his 5-3 victory. Castle lost, but Harvard had come out the victor in the foil...
...there is an ethos about dropping out that lendsaura to the words, a spirit whose influence is as strong and accessible to us all as the spirit of social activism. Depending on his sentiments and nature, an individual may allow either spirit to affect him, parts of both, or neither at all. But it a person does nothing, his bonds with either spirit can never be more intellectual: the important ingredient is action. The ?hos of dropping out informs and guides us only as we act. It is certainly guiding us now as we drop out of school...
...talk big? One explanation is that the spirit of the act conflicts with our self-conceptions. The act seems larger because we cannot conceive ourselves doing it. We have been groomed all our lives as the best of young American achievers: dropping out is the ultimate violation of work ethic...
While Coward's languid worldlings endlessly assert that they are bored, irritated and weary of it all, the playwright gives them so much verve and vitality that they seem instead to have a fierce crush on life. The evening is permeated with the spirit of the '20s, gin-high, half-naughty, half-emancipated, free-souled and free-bodied-not the least piquant aspect of which is the decision of the two leading ladies to play their roles throughout sans bras...