Word: terkel
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With the turn of the century only five years away, Terkel said it is possible to look at the past hundred years through the eyes of traditional historians, of pundits with their 30-second sound bites or of those who've actually experienced the times...
...Terkel listed the themes of his book as the cornerstones of this century; the Depression, World War II, McCarthyism, the 1960s and the computer...
...Terkel also delved into the problems of young Americans, worrying about the new oxymoron of "conservative youth...
...Terkel asked the two people how many hours they worked each day. Taken a little off guard, they responded eight. He then asked them whether they were familiar with the Haymarket Affair, where "four guys got hanged fighting for the eight-hour work...
...importance of history was Terkel's recurring theme. "There is no past among the youth. How can they be put down if their history has been deprived of them?" he asked...