Word: wondering
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...made it their special interest, and a matter central to their most influential thinking, to cast doubt on some portion of traditional religion and theology. It may be difficult to ignore such intellectual giants, and even inappropriate in courses devoted to the history of ideas primarily; but one must wonder why so few constructive alternative views have been revived or created since Weber and Durkheim first made their great impact on Harvard's consciousness before World...
...something was wrong. "The idea came into my head that I was a musical snob," Hancock says. He noted with growing wonderment that the music of such black performers as Sly Stone, Marvin Gaye and Stevie Wonder was not only commercial but getting better all the time. "I decided that it was now time to try some funky stuff myself and get me some cats who could play that kind of music." Translation: embracing the big beat, Hancock opted for jazz rock...
While moderate or liberal editors and publishers hardly join in that judgment, many of them wonder whether the press has gone too far and assumed a role greater than the public is willing to tolerate. Says Publisher Marshall Field (Chicago Daily News, Sun-Times): "People feel that we've taken a license that goes beyond basic reporting. Belief [in the press] is as low as it ever has been." Editor Reg Murphy of the Atlanta Constitution surveyed the mood at the recent A.S.N.E. meeting in Atlanta and found it "extraordinarily gloomy." Murphy hardly cheered his fellow editors when he observed...
...timely volume clearly and lucidly covers everything from what constitutes "high crimes and misdemeanors" to the scope of Executive privilege. It would be natural to wonder if the author is pro-or anti-Nixon. The measure of his book's achievement is that it tells the reader not what to think but what to think about...
...gleefully highballs along at a brisk, cinematic clip. Funny touches are provided by the English understatements of MacLean's Pinkerton-man hero. He is the sort of chap who, on examining an arrow embedded in the heroine's shoulder, might mutter, "Mmmm, Apache, I shouldn't wonder...