Word: voiding
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...ever there were a transcendent Negro symbol, it was Martin Luther King. Bridging the void between black despair and white unconcern, he spoke so powerfully of and from the wretchedness of the Negro's condition that he became the moral guidon of civil rights not only to Americans but also to the world beyond. If not the actual catalyst, he was the legitimizer of progress toward racial equality. His role and reputation may have been thrust upon him, but King was amply prepared for the thrust...
...President Arnulfo Arias, 66, who was tossed out of office in 1951 for trying to impose a tough, authoritarian rule. Robles was a member of the legislative commission that impeached Arias, and the two have been enemies since. Robles, who angrily termed last week's impeachment "null and void," faces a formal trial before the National Assembly on March 24; if the votes against him hold up, he will then be removed from office. That is, unless the country's 4,000-man national guard intervenes...
...your ranks can grow and mine can grow, we can affect a rapprochement and try to end this mess." It is indeed unfortunate that there aren't, as one student said, more Charles V. Hamilton's around. His very presence here is a salient indication of the black leadership void which exists in academia as in politics...
Soundproof Sanctum. Explaining the social void that The Factory fills, Peter Lawford says: "We needed a place to hang our hats. The Factory has turned out to be a big hatstand with lots of hats; but before we started it, outside of discotheques, there was really no place to go that served good food and stayed open late." As he sees it, The Factory's main achievement has been "melding the dinner jackets and the blue jeans. You dig? No one is embarrassed; nobody cares." Brightening the ambiance no end is the fact that some of Hollywood...
...poet; and Elizabeth, his love-starved (as distinguished from sex-starved) wife. Though each is in search of an intensely personal salvation, each represents a familiar 20th century type. Franz seeks redemption for having played a role in the horror story of the century; Isabel tries to fill the void with new kicks; Javier's quest is for meaning through art; and Elizabeth wants only love...