Word: timely
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Dates: during 1970-1970
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...military base in Germany. The quietness and exquisite beauty of Germany intrigued me very much, and I often thought about living there permanently. One day I mentioned this to a young black soldier. His reply was: "Nothing is happening here. I feel as if I am wasting my time. I have to get back home and help my people." That made me begin to re-evaluate my position. Life was easier in Europe, especially on an American salary, but it can become a real copout...
...been approached countless times by many fellow Americans about retirement or working abroad. There is no pat answer I can offer, but it's no longer inexpensive. However, particularly in London and in England, I can understand the desire of those who are middle-aged (as I am) to live at what we term a more civilized pace. It is not so competitive. There is time for living. In spite of rising costs, the theater, concerts, etc., remain within sensible bounds. There is, I believe, another reason: the escape from the impersonality of concrete to something of another...
...TIME's cover story this week discusses that sorely tried but extraordinarily durable institution, the American family. And so we thought it appropriate to introduce with their families some of the people who helped put the article together. From the top: Senior Editor Leon Jaroff with his five children; Researcher Ingrid Michaelis and husband, Martin; Assistant Art Director Arturo Cazeneuve with son and wife, Anne. At bottom are Art Writer Robert Hughes and wife, Danne. Hughes is mainly responsible for our story discussing another sort of society-the company of angels, whose ancestry is older than Christianity itself...
...days, and its weary members were clearly disgruntled that it had lasted so long; they yearned impatiently to break away from the capital and enjoy the holidays with the rest of the nation. Ambitious Senators were fighting to save or to kill bills on which their reputations were riding. Time was too short to pass even the measures that a majority clearly favored; in the crunch it was easy for a few men to thwart the will of the rest. At the same time, President Nixon angrily if belatedly joined the fray as some of his priority programs faced death...
...year ago it was also a time for journalists and critics to look forward to what 1970 would bring, but their record turned out to be nearly as spotty as the astrologers. Many expected a hot summer of black unrest in the ghettos that never materialized. Economists looked for a solid upturn from recession by the end of 1970, but there has been none. Few observers of the U.S. scene foresaw that political passions on the campuses would become muted in a new emphasis on "privatism." One who was right on, however, was Arthur Koestler, who said late...