Word: wisdoms
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...happened, above all if they concerned the rich." But the constant gossip actually pays little heed to class distinctions. Whatever their status, the author's characters energetically play their parts in the human comedy. They are born to die. Hearts are enchanted, broken and sometimes put back together again. Wisdom accrues to those who have grown too old to profit by its possession. This novel is filled with surprises, but not those of the amazing variety. The constant, throbbing fascination here is the shock of recognition...
...AIDS -- from early dismissal to doomsday and back again -- ever since the epidemic began seven years ago. Last week, in a sensationalistic book guaranteed to punch panic buttons across the nation, Sex Therapists Dr. William Masters and Virginia Johnson triggered an uproar in the scientific community. Contrary to accepted wisdom and to all that is so far known by medicine, they claim the "AIDS virus is now running rampant in the heterosexual community" and can be transmitted through casual contact. Says Masters: "We are sounding an important warning. A lot of people think we are not in a serious situation...
...North American dates are booked through 1990. Next year's "Experience" subject is still under discussion, but Schumann is a likely candidate. It is an apt choice: conventional widsom says that Schumann was an inept orchestrator whose four symphonies are flawed by treacly instrumental writing. For Norrington, though, such wisdom is both hidebound and earthbound. "Take nothing for granted," he says. "That's my motto over the door." Perhaps Schumann too can soar...
...what is offensive? And on what grounds? Are professors to be hindered from pursuing Veritas simply because vocal elements in the Harvard student body may be offended? Such intellectual intimidation is intolerable. Discourse must continue unfettered, even if there are those who prejudge all that deviates from the conventional wisdom. The academic community polices itself as junior faculty face review by tenure committees and senior faculty desire the respect of their peers. Student pressure groups and secret inquisitions are unneeded and dangerous additional restraints. Students should always feel free to challenge their professors, but never should run to the censors...
Remember that old book, the Wit and Wisdom of Walter Mondale? It was 200 pages--all blank...