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...tradition of the family continues to decline. While some see it as the individual's last refuge from Big Organization, it has lost much of its cohesiveness-joint vacations for parents and even slightly older children have become a rarity. Paternal authority, long on the wane, is being undermined further. What the doctrines of Freud failed to do to father-and Freud himself is now old hat among the young-the knowledge explosion accomplished. After all, it is difficult to remain the fount of wisdom while the junior members of the family discourse expertly on the new physics. There...
...rate, O'Brien's influence seemed to wane and his position became less and less secure during the next few months, and he finally resigned in December, from the Irish foreign service as well...
...fraternal complacency that has characterized some Nieman classes in the past is on the wane under Sargent's leadership. His quiet nature discourages the club atmosphere. But although he has diminished the inward focus of the Nieman program, he has not done much to enlarge the outward perspective...
...modern plays depend on banter between the on sustain the interest -- and Pinter is writing such dialogue. a play depends solely burlesque interchanges, some boring -- and even like Waiting for to drag in the second the amusement of this to wane. All of however, contain element of suspense, sheer terror which attention even when actual action is at a standstill...
...Students for a Democratic Society soon assumed responsibility for staffing and running the Dudley St. project. The Boston Action Group, a radical Negro organization, took over the center on Blue Hill Ave, and a lone woman worker became director of the Washington St. project. Day's influence continued to wane, and in February all three centers formally declared their independence...