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This is one of those resounding overstatements at once perfectly true and thoroughly misleading. It is not hard to find elements in Beat writing-or any other serious writing of the time-that predicted something as vague as "almost schizophrenic change" in "the temper of our times." Allen Ginsberg, whose...
If Ginsberg does not exactly enjoy his obsession, another TIME watcher is more positive (and eclectic). Matthew Fox, a Roman Catholic theologian, this year published Religion U.S.A.: Religion and Culture by Way of TIME Magazine. In 451 pages, Fox argues that the magazine is as symbolic was its era'...
Frankenheimer's technical virtuosity receives ample display, the buzkashi alone is thunderously exciting and imparts a startling sense of participation. But he has tried to do too much. Besides his obsession with courage, he obviously also wanted to say something about greed, honor and duty, but the themes never...
When Kennedy started writing Sport, he brought with him a lifelong obsession with competitive play. He was considered the TIME softball team's ace pitcher till the squad opened its ranks to women players. "I hung up my sneakers," says Kennedy, "because when it comes to softball, I'...
Most young Americans abroad share one obsession: getting by on the least amount of money. Unlike the conspicuously consuming adult U.S. tourists of an earlier day, they spend little for gifts, souvenirs, meals or lodging. The challenge of "living free," seeing Europe on a shoestring and with a sleeping bag...