Word: viewpoint
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...tends to think of the future as if it were a distant country, across an ocean of time. From the viewpoint of the historian, each decade has a character and often even a language all its own, and the passage from one period into another is a real, if invisible border crossing in human lives. Trying to determine that language and that character ahead of time is a hazardous venture. No one in 1959 foresaw the turmoil of the '60s, especially the rebellion of the young. Assassinations can rob a nation of its leaders, unexpected wars can desiccate...
...Shakespeare's assistant, R. Kenneth Towery, does not agree. The agency's mission, according to Towery, is to compete against the Communists. "I want to beat 'em down," he says, "and I don't care whether it takes the liberal or conservative viewpoint to do it. I'm a pragmatist." He adds: "Frankly, there are people in this agency who are soft on Communism. But we will not have any trouble as long as they do what is expected of them...
...viewpoint of business, profit is the end, and public service is the means." Ford said. "We will need to present genuinely equal promotion opportunities, not only for blacks, but for women andthose without college degrees, he added...
...Richard B. Griffin '49, S.J., chaplain to the Catholic community at Harvard, said he could not generalize about an increase in Catholic activity at Harvard. "From the viewpoint of Catholicism," Griflin said, "the fellowships seem to be a little too conservative, fundamentalist, and traditional...
Thirsites' cynical viewpoint remains consistently the same, and the structure of the play as it evolves becomes more and more an argument for support of his overview. Shakespeare gives the last lines of the play to Pandarus, who refers to the time when he will make out his will...