Word: phenomenon
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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Presidential libraries are a 20th century phenomenon. The papers of 23 Presidents are housed in the Library of Congress in Washington. But Presidents starting with Hoover have preferred that their papers rest in their own libraries. Some scholars have argued that it is more convenient to centralize presidential collections, rather than scatter them across the nation in what Columbia Historian Henry Graff terms "the pyramids of our times." Yet, as the National Archives points out, a quadrennial flood of documents by the millions would probably overwhelm any single institution. Also, as one Government archivist concedes, "not all scholars live...
Serpentine moves like a snake on water, slithering from incident to crime, pausing just long enough to consider its prey. Thompson has done extensive research on his subject, and quotes liberally from other people's remembrances, letters and other documents. But he doesn't let the facts obscure the phenomenon. Admittedly Thompson goes overboard with the dramatics at times. He delights in ominous tag lines, affixed to long stretches of narrative. As Charles ponders life in a Dehli jail cell. Thompson writes about his future. He required "a country in which he was neither known nor wanted by police...
With E.I. Lonoff, Roth brings to life a compelling and intricate character. Lonoff, in a self-destructive pursuit of the perfection of his art, exemplifies the life of a great writer for Nathan, for whom quelling desire in the interest of better art is a new phenomenon. "There is his religion of art, my young successor: rejecting life! Not living is what he makes his beautiful art out of," wails Hope...
...America is left to ponder their most recent phenomenon. No one--Mick Jagger, FDR, John Kennedy, Elvis Presley, Jimmy Carter, or Lucky Lindy--ever sucked the love and respect out of so many people in one meeting, at first sight, with so few and precious words and movements as John Paul II did in one week...
...sign of that determination is China's present love affair with science. It is the leading subject in schools; under Chairman Hua Guofeng's "six ones program" schoolchildren read at least one science book, tell one science story, do one experiment, explain one natural phenomenon and prophesy one scientific advance. Scientific goals and triumphs are heralded on wall posters, and popular science magazines are flourishing, extolling every contemporary marvel...