Word: expression
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...have read Games for the Superintelligent. You probably have seen him on one of those American Express "You don't recognize me, but you will when you see my name" commercials. Whatever your previous acquaintance with James F. "Jim" Fixx, you know he is America's best-known preacher of the gospel of running. He has presented the swelling ranks of runners with a sequel to The Complete Book of Running (which, he acknowledges in the foreword to Jim Fixx's Second Book of Running, may have been titled a touch presumptuously...
...Major American Jewish Organizations, offers a slightly more reserved assessment: "A good many American Jews are offended by the settlement policy when, as in the cases of Hebron and Nablus, the settlements are not linked to Israel's security." One of the many U.S. Jewish leaders to express their objections directly to Begin, Mann comments that the Premier "listens to what we've got to say. I'm not saying, however, that he's moved by what we tell...
...that small children be granted all the rights of adults. Some have taken that to mean the right to be sexually active with any partner at all. Says Larry Constantine, an assistant clinical professor in psychiatry at Tufts, one such self-styled sexual radical: "Children have the right to express themselves sexually, even with members of their own family...
Significantly, the same attitudes which exile me from their world render many "straights" prisoners of their own sexuality. My father, aware now of what coming out has meant for me, confides his frustration at being unable to express affection for his closest friends. The roles that society has forced upon him have kept him from being as expressive and family-oriented as he might have wanted to be, and have prevented my mother from pursuing the career that I know would have been so satisfying to her. Obviously, something is seriously wrong with a society that keeps large segments...
...pathetically funny inventor, Ed Redlich dominates the stage with inexhaustible energy that is unfortunately misdirected. His George is too blustery and dumbfounded--can this really be the same man that once invented a machine gun that could make tea while firing? George Riley should express the faded dignity of old England; he is an intelligent, romantic man who somehow got switched onto the wrong track and can no longer find his way back. To feel pity for George, we must believe in his past, and Redlich fails to express this. He is too young, loud, and energetic...