Word: whole
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...return; red James Dean jackets became the standard dress of the Dean cultists and in many countries around the world his best film, "Rebel Without a Cause," was banned because of the stir it was causing among its young audience. Even in the mid-'70s, when a whole slew of Dean biographies appeared, many of them are still remarkably mystical. Dean's acting ability is debatable, his recognition as a prophet is certainly dismissable, but the effects he had are undeniable, and clearly he was tapping some of the pockets of unrest which the rigid fifties were producing...
Generally, about 30 per cent of the early admission applicants are admitted, compared to the 17 per-cent admission rate for the candidates as a whole, Fitz-simmons said. About 85 per cent of the early admits accept admission, as compared to about 75 per cent of the total group, he added
...Hollywood keeps churning out '50s movies, almost guaranteed successes, which don't have much of any connection to the actual decade. Chubby Checker still plugs the hits he made 25 years ago, and the new Mickey Mouse Club has a whole new generation of Mousketeers on the march. There is something rather pathetic inherent in nostalgia--that yearning for the good old days that never really existed--and especially in the media-contrived instant nostalgia which is constantly being produced in this country. Things are hardly gone before they're immortalized, distilled and stereotyped. If that doesn't produce results...
Jewett said the early admissions applicants are generally a "very strong group" and tend to include a higher proportion of alumni children and students from metropolitan and suburban areas than does the admitted group as a whole...
...would be in much more trouble if race was the whole factor in admissions," he said, adding, "This way we know we are safely within the ambit of the Supreme Court decision...