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...change became dramatically apparent in 1974, a pivotal year that saw the decline of old powers, old alliances, old philosophies???and the rise of new ones. The West's belief in the inevitability of human progress and material growth was badly shaken as inflation spread oppressively across the world, several industrial societies tumbled into recession, and famine plagued a score of nations. There was a marked erosion in the wealth, might and cohesiveness of North America, Europe and Japan. In the developing world, 40 or more countries with few natural resources fell increasingly into destitution and dependency. Meanwhile, a handful...
...have another child. She could no longer bolster Mattocks with her spiritual strength. He must shift for himself. He did: shifted to town, curled up in despair and died. Brenda and her husband go out of the story drawn closer than ever through having had to examine their philosophies???Tristram's easy-going "all's-well-with-the-world," Brenda's aloof "live-and-let-live". In village and vicarage, where intolerant stupidity sprouts as prickly and impenetrable as a monkey-puzzle (cactus) tree, the blow-flies scavenge as of yore...
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