Word: wisdoms
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...history, as toward nature, is endurance. The American attitude toward history is more defiant, more domineering: "We shall overcome" is the most American of slogans. America is so much more torn today than Europe because we still demand so much more of ourselves. Europeans in their bitterly acquired wisdom smile at the demands America makes on itself, or are horrified by them. But these demands are part of our consciousness, and we must continue to live with them until we satisfy them (or until they destroy us, which is also possible...
...circle; in 1933 Erikson and his Canadian-born wife migrated to the U.S. His studies variously took him to Berkeley, Cambridge and the Austen Riggs Center in Stockbridge, Mass. He has spent time in the poor sections of Pittsburgh and on two Indian reservations, where he reflected upon the wisdom of "primitive" child-rearing practices. During World War II he did research assignments for the Government, and afterward worked four years to complete Childhood and Society...
...many students, who see theirrebates dwindling while the bank gets interest on late bills, are not so convinced of the wisdom of the move. "My rebate gets smaller, and the bank gets more money," one perplexed student said...
...Philharmonia offered an intriguing contrast of styles, periods, and pieces. In the opening work, The Concerto Grosso, Op. 6 No. 1 of Corelli, Alexander Schneider, who conducted, doubled as principal violin in the concertino. The work went along smoothly, indeed brilliantly, but the wisdom of Mr. Schneider's decision to combine roles is dubious. Unfortunately, the orchestra had a tendency, especially in the first movement, to enter just a fraction of a beat behind him, a problem which would not have cropped up if he were not playing. Nonetheless, it was a fine performance, with especially good work by cellist...
SELDOM has one book had so instant an impact on political affairs. The news media have pushed The Real Majority as the fountain of all current political wisdom. Party heads pored over advance copies, and politicians have embraced its precepts. After the mid-term elections, President Nixon complained to his advisors that "the Democrats read Scammon and Wattenberg." The vogue of political tracts of such influence is usually short. Kevin Phillip's The Emerging Republican Majority was the rage a year ago, but has already been discredited. Unlike Phillip's book, however, The Real Majority holds up remarkably well...