Word: view
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...movement: "The enemy is not 'the left' or 'Communism' or 'subversion' but this egalitarian ideology whose formulas . . . have flourished for 2,000 years." New Right partisans hold that individuals and races are divided by insurmountable barriers of hereditary inequality; in support of this view, they cite the much debated research by such American scientists as Arthur Jensen, William Shockley and Edward O. Wilson. France's New Righters thus call for a "meritocratic" society in which the ablest and most intelligent would rule. As practical steps toward this goal, they suggest a variety...
Most nongovernmental experts agree, but practically none foresee a downturn as severe as the 1974-75 recession. In their view, the sharp rise in oil prices by OPEC significantly aggravated and speeded the onset of a recession that was inevitable...
Executive View...
...bought nearly 20 million metric tons of U.S. grain and sent domestic food prices through the roof. Under a bilateral grain treaty, the Soviets cannot buy more than 8 million metric tons unless the U.S. has extra supplies. Since stockpiles are ample and a near record harvest is in view, the department's chief economist estimated that the huge Soviet purchases would add only .2% to the cost of living index...
...unsettling view. An adolescent stumbles through a fog of self-fascination, with no clear view of himself; then, by the time he is grown and has children of his own, a swirl of love and rage occludes his perception of them. Literature offers a useful look, but most often it is a look at that minority of tormented adolescents whose members grow up to write novels about the pain of puberty, not the joy. Films of the traditional sort did not risk truthtelling, largely because of the hoodoo of sex. What they gave us was Mickey Rooney and Judy Garland...