Word: strains
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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Many of our marriages have not survived the strain of being pulled in two directions. The number of divorces for those in their 30s is alarming, the number of unhappy marriages staggering. Sex is probably the same for us as it is for everyone else past puberty. The difference is that our expectations are now those of the young, while many of our marriages were formed according to the rules of the old. The over-40s may be no happier, but they usually are more resigned or more accepting; the under-30s may be frustrated too, but they at least...
...ease the strain, some Stanford departments plan to reduce their graduate enrollment; other schools are expected to follow suit. In high-energy physics, says M.I.T.'s Grodzins, "the number of new job openings is slightly greater than zero." He still tells new students that the subject is "very exciting," but warns: "Don't expect to make a living...
Kissinger's dominance of foreign affairs has produced dire strain between him and the Department of State. No one at State bothers any longer to describe relations between Kissinger and Secretary Rogers as cordial. One State official complains: "Making decisions secretly and at the highest level has always tended to cut out contributions based on specific, regional expertise, and this is happening more frequently and seriously than ever before." The post that Kissinger fills was created by John Kennedy when he became impatient with the cumbersome State Department; he called State "a bowl of Jell-O." Nixon has continued...
Decor was not neglected at the Sheraton-Chicago hotel, however. Each day's session had a color theme−pink for Tuesday, for example, with pink cloth tote bags emblazoned with red cardinals presented as favors. At one luncheon, the delegates sighed over a new strain of gladiolus christened the "Osa Mae Gladiolus," in honor of National Council President Mrs. Osa Mae Barton...
...artful, managerial mechanism, oiled with serenity, unanimity and self-confidence. Now it showed symptoms of severe internal distress. Interior Secretary Walter Hickel's letter of criticism to the President (see box, page 10) and the abrupt resignation of two young Administration staffers were among the most tangible signs of strain. There were also hints of basic disagreement in the Cabinet over the Cambodian decision?hints that Nixon declined to deny at a hastily called press conference. On Capitol Hill dissension increased daily...