Word: chaotically
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...aggression propounded by Austrian Naturalist Konrad Lorenz, Aristotle's idea of dramatic catharsis, and pop-psych. "We're all very hostile," says Ortiz. "The guy who beats his kid, the wife who has affairs. But art becomes a place where one can deal with the most chaotic problems without threatening one's emotional and physical well-being." Whatever the merits of destruction art, Ortiz's grasp of psychology is clearly sketchy, at least by Freudian lights. The master taught that both man's creative and destructive instincts, which he called Eros and Thanatos, should...
Dramatic & Chaotic. It did note, however, that a different conclusion might be reached in the case of "a special-purpose unit of government assigned the performance of functions affecting definable groups of constituents more than other constituents." If, for instance, the commissioners in Midland had been concerned only with rural roadbuilding, apportionment "in ways which give greater influence to the citizens most affected" might be permissible. The court also recalled two of its decisions last term (TIME, June 2): one, citing the "basically appointive" nature of a county board of education, approved its selection by delegates elected from districts...
...bodies affected by the court's new decision, but government experts estimated that 20,000 local units would still be involved. Some had already adjusted districting after the state-legislature decision, but many have not. The aftermath of Avery v. Midland County will probably be as dramatic-and chaotic-as was the aftermath of the initial one-man, one-vote decision, particularly since the court again chose not to specify how close to the equal-population ideal a districting plan must come to be acceptable...
...carried out here," Onganía said, "is not an evaluation of accomplishment." With that, he lashed out at a whole host of governmental demons: inefficiency, featherbedding, lack of cooperation and coordination, an absence of planning and all-around administrative malaise. "The functioning of our state is chaotic," he said. "Argentina, a nation whose great destiny no one doubts because of its riches, lies in the shadows of neglect." The officials were shocked by the stern lecture...
During his seven-year tenure, McNamara did indeed go a long way toward solving the puzzle of the Pentagon. Most notable were his application of sophisticated managerial techniques to the department's often chaotic budgetary and systems analysis practices, his firm assertion of civilian control, and his emphasis on conventional as well as nuclear forces. On the debit side were his reluctance to concede error and his inability to get along with Congress. "There is a way for a man to say no without offending, and there is a way for a man to say yes without offending," said...