Word: breakdowns
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...months the U.S. embassy in Mexico reported nervously that Schlesinger's obstinacy was worsening the situation. Warned the embassy: "Because of the breakdown, the Mexicans have reversed their field completely on gas and oil development." The State Department and National Security Council were both anxious about Schlesinger's inflexibility and told the President so. Nonetheless, Schlesinger held to his bargaining position that the Mexican price would be unfair to U.S. and Canadian producers. That view was disputed by many, but the chief criticism of Schlesinger was that his approach was aloof and arrogant...
After fighting a draining and divisive war that many neither understood nor supported, Viet Nam veterans returned to the U.S. to face public neglect or, worse, characterization as criminals by antiwar protesters. Viet Nam veterans have higher rates of suicide, divorce and mental breakdown than the population at large. Many became drug addicts in Viet Nam, and unemployment among veterans has been high...
...roles--in Silent Running, Black Sunday, Coming Home-- Dern makes an art of modern crack-up: shaking, sobbing, barnstorming, often hitting false notes, losing control, making us fear that both the actor and the character will spill over simultaneously, capturing the peculiar self-consciousness of a real-life breakdown, where neither the "audience" nor the "actor" knows where the pain ends and the performance begins...
...feel that the breakdown in relations between undergraduates and the administration in the 1960's lingers on today in the reluctance of the University to give much if any weight to undergraduate positions. Although the undergraduate perspective may have an inherently idealistic flavor, a respectful dialogue between students and administration is indispensable to the health of the University and its environment. As the Kennedy School of Government expends an unusual amount of its resources on programs for Harvard undergraduates through the Institute of Politics, and must encourage more Harvard undergraduates to apply to its graduate programs, an open, honest...
...eight-part mini-series called Backstairs at the White House. In a bizarre turnabout, Producer Larry Jacobson, of American International Television, has persuaded 16 stars and sports celebrities, including Rosemary Clooney and Neil Sedaka, to re-enact turning points in their lives -everything from nervous breakdowns to deepest career crises. "They actually rented out the apartment I had my breakdown in," marvels Comedian Marty Ingels, "and hired the girl that kept me alive for nine months by bringing me soup...