Word: view
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...Edward J. King will march in the alumni parade but in a break with tradition, he will not be one of the 20,000 people expected to view the ceremonies. King must testify at congressional hearings in Washington, D.C. later today...
Most of the students involved with the boycotts say they are relatively satisfied with the substance of the report. Ross Boylan '81, an assembly member active on the issue, says, "There is a very asymetrical view of rights. All the rights belong to those who want to continue using the product, while few belong to those who want to boycott...
...teaching tutorials, and most would agree that professors are the best possible tutorial leaders, but research commitments and understaffed departments make Faculty-taught tutorials a rare commodity. Bowersock notes that the '60s brought a flood of graduate students to the campus, and as a result, some Faculty members view the phenomenon of a professor-led tutorial as "an abnormal practice...
...become a victorious adult in his sexual fantasies. It is a kind of theater in which the adult again and again conquers childhood fears. Says Stoller: "Triumph, rage, revenge, fear, anxiety, risk are all condensed into one complex buzz called 'sexual excitement.' " In Stoller's view, that buzz has an even harsher component: sadomasochism, the deriving of pleasure from inflicting or experiencing pain. As he puts it, "My hunch is that the desire to hurt others in retaliation for having been hurt is essential for most people's sexual excitement all the time...
Amis deftly exploits the comic possibilities of Jake's ordeal, but the author has more on his mind, perhaps too much more, than comedy alone. Jake is a reactionary curmudgeon, and his view rules the novel. He may have a problem, but society is sick. He rejects his psychiatrist's diagnosis of repressions: "I was doing fine when things really were repressive, if they ever were, it's only since they've become, oh, permissive that I've had trouble." In the end, Jake issues a jeremiad against his own treatment and therapy in general...