Word: obsessionals
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In the 1960s the torch was passed from age to youth, but in the 1970s the torch is being handed back again. Youth -the obsession of a few years ago, the hope of some, the fear of others -no longer makes great waves. While the 1969 rock festival at Woodstock...
Sir / In what was considered his greatest opportunity to recover the mantle of decency for his office, President Nixon again failed us as a nation. Indeed, in his Aug. 15 speech, Mr. Nixon exhibited his most common and dangerous mistake to date -underestimating and, hence, insulting the intelligence and perception...
Clearly, a troubled nation was waiting for an explanation, a restoration of public trust. What it received instead was a plea by the President to put aside the "backward-looking obsession with Watergate [that] is causing this nation to neglect matters of far greater importance." He made no real effort...
As for Twyman, what began as a casual case of good Samaritanism and team spirit turned into a cause and an obsession. Writer Douglas Morrow and Director Daniel Mann do not explore the complexities or growth of either character. They play their story strictly and obviously for tears and inspiration...
More than anything else she wanted to be pretty. But in adolescence her complexion raged and she got fat. A lifelong obsession with personal ugli ness began. Unequal to the conventional standards of Southern femininity, Joplin decided to be its antithesis: she became one of the guys-palling around with...