Word: cravings
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...generalized loneliness and isolation that are characteristic of the times: it may represent a form of sharing, though a desperate form. Many psychologists attest that lonely people have an extra-special wish to know what other lives are like, and that those who disclose their inner lives basically crave acceptance. Public confession has increased, says University of Chicago Theologian Martin Marty, as the popular sense of God has diminished. Says Marty: "When you can't talk to God, you've got to tell a million people." That insight parallels one offered by Sociology Professor Todd Gitlin...
...evil. These places are not hellholes of murder. There are no victors and victims. It is all theater, and these guys are pussycats." Well, not really. In various Village Voice articles on the leather bars, Bell has made the point that many homosexuals, far from being pussycats, seem to crave danger along with their sex. For example, one of the most popular trysting spots for New York gays in the mid-'70s was a rotting pier in Greenwich Village, where homosexuals regularly risked mugging, fire, police raids and the possibility of falling into the Hudson River through holes...
...people at work had sent me to pick up an order. I was often dispatched to Al's last summer to pick up hot bagels with cream cheese and assorted other newsroom commodities. My experience as a copyboy at the New York Times convinced me that journalists always crave food. The illustrious editors and reporters always seemed to be snacking on something, consuming some journalistic staple like french fries with no ketchup, or a bag of Doritos. Going to Al's gave me a chance to get out of the building. That escape, even just across the street, was often...