Word: spirit
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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ISRAEL began as, and in many ways still is a country of pioneers, and as a country of immigrants driven by the pioneering spirit it parallels America in its youth. Eisenstadt recognizes this parallel and still finds a little of the pioneering spirit in contemporary American life: "There is still a strong missionary element in America, sometimes extremely shallow, but sometimes not. It is part of the ethos...
...know how we'll feel at our 175th birthday," but right now "it is easier to feel the spirit in Israel, in large part because the country is smaller," Eisenstadt maintains. He also realizes the similarity between the immigrant nature of the original populations of the U.S. and Israel, but "hopefully, Israel will amalgamate more quickly, at less human cost." In terms of physical hardship, "there is less in Israel" than in the days of mass urban immigration into this country, and the fact that Israel is smaller and also largely of a "single identity" makes things easier...
...Your "Thanksgiving 1968: Mixed Blessings" [Nov. 29] commentary upon the American scene is far, far too optimistic. The materialistic clamor all about us has just about stilled the human spirit, and the only way the human spirit can now be heard above this deadening din is by way of dissent, protest and demonstration-peaceful and violent...
...ring. And Lilly has these terrific pectorals and wears a mask like Batman. He kind of falls for this absolutely sumptuous rock-'n'-roll singer, Christian, played by David Anthony. But before he can kidnap him, some wretched girls-the Touchables, they call themselves-capture Christian and spirit him away. They also steal some statues. The statues are the ones with expressions...
...life. Manfully he rates Harding as "an astute and able Ohio politician" and "above all, a kindly man." But he is up against one of the great political still lifes of modern times. The personal portrait that emerges reveals a man notable mainly for his mediocrity of mind and spirit-a rather lazy fellow for whom somebody else always had to open the door when opportunity knocked...