Word: stigmas
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...often outdrinks her escorts, despite the fact that when Oswald was alive he forbade her to drink hard liquor. She chain-smokes, though Oswald once slapped her for smoking a cigarette in his presence. So far, she has refused to change her name, although she worries some about the stigma affecting her children, June Lee, 2, and Rachel, 1. She has had mountains of marriage proposals and other bizarre propositions (a man from Kentucky offered her $50,000 if she would let him exhibit Oswald's body in a sideshow, another $100,000 if she would accompany the display...
Washington spends $2,000,000 a year tossing drunks in the workhouse along with thieves and gamblers; the money might better be used for a treatment center. The setup "stinks," fumes Washington Corrections Department Director Donald Clemmer. "The real alcoholic is not a criminal and should not bear the stigma of imprisonment...
...than heretics, are in a quandary. While recognizing the efficacy of "liberalization" as a cultural safety valve, they also realize that in the current Sino-Soviet ideological fracas, it is necessary to impose a certain amount of discipline in order to close ranks behind Moscow. Anxious to avoid the stigma of Stalinism, the satellite governments have for the present forsworn arrest and imprisonment in favor of less drastic measures, such as "educational" discussions of "erroneous views." Items...
Although he plans to remain in the North for the rest of his life, Pettigrew retains an almost organic closeness to the South. "It's a stigma I can't get rid of" he says, "but then again I don't really want to. I love the damned South. That's why I spend my life studying it, writing about it and speaking on it. I feel responsible for it--that's the reason I can dislike Wallace with a kind of feeling that I can't work up for Mrs. Hicks. I share the blame for Wallace...
...just about the time when Marimekkos and low heels were becoming marks of style, not pregnancy, pierced ears lost the stigma of a sailor's tattoo, and gained the status of a purple heart. The change was part of a broader fashion revolution which favored Bohemia over Balenciaga, Greek book bags over alligator pocketbooks, and sandals over spike heels. Greenwich Village was invading Park Avenue; the outs were...