Word: symbols
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...reason for the E. and M. phenomenon may be the psychological undercurrent of Women's Lib. The movement could hardly ask for a better object lesson than Mary, whose submission to her passions and her sexuality was perverse and ultimately self-destructive. Nor could it seek a better symbol of equality-or superiority-than the woman who gave her name to England's greatest age. With a knowledge of seven languages and with all the academic disciplines of her time, Elizabeth was the perfect Renaissance prince, an inspiration to Spenser, Marlowe and Shakespeare. Beyond that...
Viennese Psychiatrist Harald Leupold-Loewenthal is not so sure. "In Austria," he says, "a car is still a symbol of prestige, of power and potency. Being passed by a faster car, for example, represents a loss of sexual grandeur. Traffic here is still acted out on the irrational level of male rivalry." A Viennese police department traffic expert shares the psychiatrist's pessimism. "No driving school, no policeman, can teach drivers a considerate and responsible attitude," he says, "when parents curse like fishwives and show their naked aggressions during every weekend outing...
...simple title "vice president" consistently attached to Katherine Moos's name does not become clear until, following Epps's request that she designate an SDS member to supervise security. Moos replies bluntly: "Bonnie Blustein, '72, has taken responsibility for assigning marshalls for the Convention." That name! That symbol of all the painfully suppressed contradictions inherent in the twisted, intense relationship between "Dear Dean Epps" and "Dear Miss Moos" and between the institutions they represent. Epps runs for cover. He tries to pretend he has never heard of this person. "I understand," he says cautiously (March 10), "I understand Miss Blustein...
...handsome aristocrat who lives and loves with lofty disdain for what Powell called "picayune matters of personal morality." He often overstepped the bounds of good taste, but for most of his 35-year career as the black world's premier preacher, politician and playboy, Powell was a flamboyant symbol of success and the good life that most of his 430,000 largely black constituents could only dream about. He openly flouted the rules set down by whites, drove expensive foreign cars, dined at exclusive restaurants and made regular trips abroad-usually taking along some comely woman companion. Women were...
...propounded by Canadian Philosopher Emil Fackenheim: Jews are forbidden to grant posthumous victories to Hitler. That includes maintaining loyalty to two Jerusalems: the earthly city and the heavenly one, the realized and the unrealized. For many Jews, the earthly Jerusalem remains an irresistible symbol of hope and triumph. For others, aliyah to the existing Jerusalem is not necessary to reach the ideal one. To them, "Next Year in Jerusalem" means a spiritual journey: contributing their special vision to help build something nearer to that heavenly city?the kingdom of God?throughout the world...