Word: temperment
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...them." But, he adds, "really to understand what is happening to youth requires psychological knowledge. Both the basic tendencies of modern youth-to 'act out' and to drift into herds-are symptoms of a psychiatric condition, worldwide in scope, related di rectly to the social and political temper of our times. There is only one mental aberration in which these two symptoms coexist: in the psychopathic personality, essentially antisocial, conscienceless, inclined to violence in behavior, and liable to loss of identity in the group, gang, mob or herd. The psychopath is a rebel without a cause-hence...
President Eisenhower's mild tone and Russia's conciliatory attitude in the case of the shot-down B-29 (see NATIONAL AFFAIRS) were symptoms of a new and cooler temper in the cold war. There were other readings. Sir Winston Churchill's peroration at the Lord Mayor's banquet in London expressed hope that "we might even find ourselves in a few years moving along a broad, smooth causeway of peace and plenty instead of roaming and peering around on the rim of hell." And the Soviet radio celebrated the 21st anniversary of U.S. diplomatic recognition...
This middle-of-the-road temper has obvious political advantages for the nation. In the 1954 election the most conspicuous casualties were men with left-wing records (e.g., Idaho's Glen Taylor and California's Robert Condon) and the whole McCarthyite faction, which collapsed with the victory of Clifford Case (denounced by McCarthy) and the defeat of some of those few candidates who dared to run on a platform supporting...
Clues. What will be the temper of the 84th Congress? Some clues are furnished by the men who will head the House and Senate committees...
Trade & Peace. East-West trade is coming anyway, says Randall, "and there is little we can do about it unless we risk the whole temper of our international relationships by strict attempts to interfere . . . The experience of mankind leads one to think that trade makes for peace. The more points at which the Iron Curtain can be penetrated and the more individuals there are who cross it to deal with individuals on the other side, the more chances there would seem to be of ultimate mutual understanding...