Word: 60s
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Dates: during 1980-1980
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Smith believes that many young Christians have significantly adjusted their beliefs over the past few years, adopting an unquestioning faith in God. Smith said he thinks this shift has inspired many to consider the missionary responsibility more seriously. "In the late' 60s and early '70s, you had to say that anything could be true, that whatever works for you is best. But some of those things didn't work...It's more acceptable now to speak of truth in an absolute sense. Jesus Christ said 'I am the truth,' and that...
REVIVALS OF INNOCENCE in the world of contemporary music, though commercially successful, are always brief. The latest, "power pop"--the fusion of the energy of new wave rock'n'roll and the syrupy friendliness of mid '60s tunes--stayed around about as long as Nehru jackets...
...poor performance in skiing is one of the biggest mysteries?and greatest disappointments?in American sport. Lack of support was a valid reason in the early '60s, when the American team would fly to Europe on one-way tickets, ski the winter circuit, then scrounge airfare home. Now the U.S. Ski Team operates on an annual budget of $2.2 million (compared with $275,000 for the U.S. Speed Skating Team); American skiers have access to equipment and technicians as good as any n the world. Says Team Director Bill
...Hollywood during its heyday in the '30s, and in the '40s he covered all the war fronts for the British propaganda office. In the '50s he astonished the fashion world with his magnificent costumes for My Fair Lady and Gigi, and by the '60s he had fully established himself as a waspish, infallible arbiter elegantiae, the Petronius of Britain's comfortably padded decline...
...World and Jumbo in the early '60s, lis film appearances were generally unmemorable. He was at his best playing New York theaters and nightclubs, where lis free-wheeling (but never blue) imagination could run riot. In a typical turn, Durante would good-naturedly insult waiters, fire off his ineffable quips ("Surrounded by assassins"), and let loose with his nonsensical songs (Inka Dinka Doo). He delighted in flinging props at the band or in ripping apart his piano for laughs. When Durante took his antics to radio in the '40s and television in the '50s, he found millions...