Word: suggestion
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...surprising that you do not suggest a correlation between the riots and the much-discussed dissatisfactions of youth with the soullessness of a materialistic culture. I wonder if these riots are entirely the fruit of discrimination, if these Negroes are indeed those who dream of job and suburban serenity. It seems to me, rather, that the rioters share the bored frustration and inarticulate revulsion against society that erupts in riots of young whites on vacation or in orgies of vandalism by elite young partygoers-or in the less sensational but more disturbing apathy of many of my fellow college students...
...gentle, loving indication to you that your quasi-learned etymology of the word "hippie" completely misses the mark. When the words "hip" and "hipster" were real cool, there was also the word "hippie"; it referred to an unhip person trying to be hip but not really making it. I suggest that this can tell us something about today's hippies...
...Munson, the building inspector who would force parents to obtain tree-house permits [July 7] for the safety of their kids. And a plague on him for daring to suggest specifications. Shall we add this to the burgeoning list of personality-stifling, scarlet-taped "blueprints for living" that add so much pallor to American childhood these days? Can a boy build his Shangri-la with a mind cluttered by requirements for 1-in. floor boards, two-by-four framing and 42-in.-high walls? Can he grow into the resourceful, inventive, self-sufficient man he's expected...
Billie Jean has been playing tennis ever since she turned eleven and "asked my parents to suggest a sport in which I could be a champion and a lady at the same time." Within four years, Little Miss Moffitt was a regular on the tournament circuit. Unlike many top women players, who hang back around the baseline, Billie Jean is a relentless net attacker, and her first volley is as good...
Fairbank: We can foresee the limitations within which they can develop their program, For example, as Mr. Perkins will indicate tomorrow, an economist can suggest some limitations, and then everyone can argue with...