Word: viewing
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Dates: during 1970-1970
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Nowlan, a deep-dyed sci-fi fanatic, was not going to let any garbage about what the public would accept stand in the way of his imagination. When I began the book I expected to see the usual massculture view of the future world: the glory of the future American superstate-usually a "World Government" democratically ruled by Americans-in which supercars zoom over mega-highways toward ultracities. But on page 21 found myself staring at the Destruction of the Washington Monument by the Mongols...
...Fall of 1969, President Nixon reported his abhorrence of biological weapons and annouced that the United States would stop production of such weapons. The President, according to McCarthy's view, did regain the initiative and thus bring a change in Amerca's policy. But some months later it was learned that toxins, biologically produced poisons, had been reclassified as a chemical agent. McCarthy lists toxins under biological agents: so did the Army until Nixon's speech...
...spoke: "Do any of you know any reason why someone would want to kill you? Can you think of any reason in your private lives to make someone want to do this?" The bomb scare was a dramatic event and the passengers tended to be detached, to view the drama as spectators, rather than as participants. The tone of the FBI questions made it clear that this was no TV drama; it was real life...
...proving the party of the college graduate. While the New Left has grown to a formidable size, its proportion among youth remains small. The proportion shrinks further after graduation. For his part, Gerzon seems to believe in a permanent estrangement of the generations. Such a view lacks foundation. After returning home to a job in a Middle American community, even radical college students may well revise their political stances. Many will revert in time to the party affiliations inherited from their families. Our generation will probably prove a conservative...
...Boston Garden three nights ago, in full view of the largest one-night Beanpot crowd in history, Harvard demonstrated, better than any verbal description could have, why it has barely achieved a winning record halfway through the season in which it was supposed to have...