Word: wonder
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...white churches of the U.S. seem to have been followers rather than leaders in the civil rights struggle-a condition that many clergymen wonder if even time will correct. "When the tide turns at Jackson, Mississippi," says one Southerner, "it will be because of business people acting for business reasons rather than church people acting for religious reasons...
...every so often Davis says what he really means: "I wonder if they's a hell for white folks only...
CAUSE FOR WONDER by Wright Morris. 272 pages. Atheneum...
...Hollyman, the director of photography, deserves much of the credit. At the outset, one sees the beautiful aspect of the jungle, sun fills the lagoon, a small boy gazes at a lizard with wonder. Later the film depicts the savagery of the jungle: as Ralph runs from the schoolmates who are trying to kill him, the forest dissolves into a buzzing, gleaming hell. A few frames of Piggy--fat, isolated and sensible--show that he is a very real little boy as well as an allegorical character. Often the film benefits from a significant sequence of shots, as when...
...said he was particularly disturbed by the spectacle of undergraduates selling their places on a registration line, and deploring the "world series syndrome" that seems to be spreading among students "I wonder how many more will show up next year just as an investment in time," he remarked...