Word: childhood
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...also unique among the primates for his slow rate of development, which keeps him relatively helpless for almost a quarter of his life. According to Storr, the human infant cannot respond adequately to its environment, resulting in impotent rage and fear. Analysts refer to this earliest stage of emotional childhood as the paranoid-schizoid position...
...knowing that Miss Hart also doubles as the show's choreographer, I couldn't help but sympathize with her. One of my more Portnoy-esque childhood memories is of a kindergarten pageant where I, part of a chorus line, was supposed to dance the Irish jig. No matter how both my mother and the teacher pleaded, I could never manage the damn thing and botched it terribly. When this cast joins in a grand chorus line, all dancing--after just a few hesitations--pretty competently, I could really appreciate the achievement. The cast does less well with their brogues. None...
...faith of your choice" is misleading. We do not choose our religion--it is indelibly branded into us by indoctrination in childhood much as calves are branded on a Western ranch. THE GREAT AND INEXCUSABLE TRAGEDY IS THAT PEOPLE OF THE HIGHEST INTELLIGENCE IN NON-RELIGIOUS FIELDS AND OF THE GREATEST GOOD WILL REMAIN DIVIDED AND IN CONFLICT BECAUSE THEY REFUSE TO EVALUATE OR PERMIT OTHERS TO EVALUATE THAT WHICH THEY ACCEPTED IN IMMATURE AND INEXPERIENCED CHILDHOOD...
These, then, are the four bulwarks of sectarianism: (1) Childhood indoctrination; (2) Reluctance of sectarians to reexamine their beliefs and practices freely; (3) "Conspiracy of silence," (4) Closing of the lines of communication to those who would evaluate sectarianism...
...intelligently religious person, knowing that religious preferences which divide peoples into sects are the result of indoctrination in childhood rather than of the greater truth, plausibility or superiority of any sect, will not hesitate to change to One Religion...