Word: strains
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...There are, however, frequent excursions into light comedy and heavy melodrama. "It's all entertainment," the narration implies. That is a fair enough generalization, but hardly a unifying theme. There is probably no coherent way to bring together Fred Astaire and Lassie, Judy Garland and Johnny Weissmuller. The strain shows...
...back and enjoy the game: Make a dollar bet with that man chomping on a cigar and waving a Yankees pennant. Ask the woman with the transistor radio what the score of the Celtics game is. And do not forget to strain your neck and watch the replay of the big hit, which you missed while soaking in the rays and catching a few Z's, on the all-new scoreboard...
...This strain of repression seems to pervade the Crimson editorial staff even when it is no longer the main point taken. In an otherwise laudable editorial on the American position towards Africa, the writer states that "American nationals must be discouraged from visiting Rhodesia." Does the Crimson advocate a continuation of the policy or rescinding the passports of those who visit disapproved-of countries? It is to be hoped that Americans will decide not to visit Rhodesia because of their own moral beliefs, and not because of "discouragement...
...small places most people survive easily, and many who live so close to church, flag and mother leave home charged with what Moyers describes as a strain of Calvinism. It is composed of equal parts of missionary zeal to help others and fierce self-interest. It was best described, he says, in the admonition that Rebekah Baines Johnson, formidable matron of Johnson City, delivered frequently to her son Lyndon. "Do good," she said, "and you will do well." Onward Calvinist soldiers from Plains and Dixon and Grand Rapids...
...seems now to be an article of political faith that Americans want a man for President who reflects a strong and true strain of the basic precepts shared by our various religions. At the same time, Americans also seem to want their Presidents to retain a certain detachment from any one denomination...