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Word: zen (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1970-1979
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...repeated it a couple of times, it was part of him. He gets people sold on him that way. Passing off conservative politics and with that quiet voice and the mystic stuff. You know what it is?" He waits for an answer. "It's the ultimate betrayal of the Zen Revolution, the God that failed. He's exploiting his spiritual training...

Author: By Peter Kaplan, | Title: Lowered Expectations in the Pastures of Plenty | 4/8/1976 | See Source »

...Like with Jimmy Carter, he says Jesus gives him new spirit. In California, all the most hustling businessmen do 15 minutes a day. Why? Because it makes them more efficient. It's the same with Jerry. His Zen makes him more efficient, only in a different...

Author: By Peter Kaplan, | Title: Lowered Expectations in the Pastures of Plenty | 4/8/1976 | See Source »

...That's just the way it is. I don't think I can do anything about it, but it doesn't stop me from wishing it were better." It's news to nobody that California is the place for lowered expectations-the end of the continent. Even Zen Jesuits can't walk out onto the Pacific...

Author: By Peter Kaplan, | Title: Lowered Expectations in the Pastures of Plenty | 4/8/1976 | See Source »

...comments about the pitfalls of performing in the nude. Said she: "I used to make my body up because otherwise you look like a piece of old cod under the stage lights." Magician Doug Henning demonstrated scarf tricks and philosophized on how magic led him to the study of Zen. NBC Newscaster Tom Snyder arrived for class with two mobile vans and a crew of 65. He then televised all the students on the Tomorrow show...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Education: The Bloomie's of Academe | 3/15/1976 | See Source »

Since he left politics five years ago, Rubin has been in California practising yoga, zen, and several forms of gestalt therapy...

Author: By Marc H. Meyer and Gay Seidman, S | Title: Jerry Rubin Calls For Inner Growth | 3/5/1976 | See Source »

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