Word: turn
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...indeed paradoxical that in a society that places such a premium on all sorts of privacy-private swimming pool, private entrance, private patio, private terrace, etc.-one nevertheless would turn one's bosom into a community chest. Could all this nudity be overcompensation for all the other privacy with its resulting isolation which affluence provides...
...which she rejects at that time) is through a window frame. This establishes an isolation from other people amounting to virtual imprisonment (though with a certain freedom of action in the deep surrounding space). In this key scene the accumulated objects seem to evoke her entire life at each turn. The characters appear at the center of the frame, bordered by these objects but backed by depth. The ringmaster dominates the scene simply through his bulk and closer position to the camera, but Lola remains independent of him in the background. The ringmaster's commands ("Stop walking like that--stay...
Religious preference is, for most of us, but an accident of birth. We belong to different faiths because the ancestors of each accepted the faith of the community where they happened to live, and we in turn accepted without question the faith of our family. Thoughtful people know there is no reason to believe their religion is the one true religion...
...promised to carry on the reforms begun by outgoing Minister Edgar Faure. More important, Pompidou, a former classics teacher, has definite ideas on education. He has promised to "restore the authority of teachers and professors." Pompidou is known as a "selectionist"-one who believes that universities should turn out no more graduates than industry and the public service can absorb...
Though there is no evidence that Miranda occasioned the release of large numbers of criminals, the decision did turn against the court a large group of Americans who are concerned about crime rates. A poll published by the Gallup organization last month disclosed that a majority in the nation not only opposes the Miranda decision but also the 1963 ruling that barred prayers and Bible reading in public schools, and a 1965 decision declaring that compulsory registration of Communist Party members was unconstitutional...