Single Person Households Redefine Loneliness in America
In 1947 seven percent of households were solo, rising to 20.9 percent by 1977. Between 1970 and 1977 the count grew from 10.9 to 15.5 million as sociologists link aloneness with divorce and consumer trends. The piece contrasts solo living with multi person homes and quips through diary snippets and literary references to urge nuanced view. It cites Thoreau, Emerson, and McLaughlin while noting shifting norms and the elusive meaning of being alone together.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Henry David Thoreau
Walden
Thoreau
Ralph Waldo Emerson
Mignon McLaughlin
Sevareid’s CBS departure sparks reflections on journalism
Washington reacts to Eric Sevareid retiring from the CBS Evening News. The veteran anchor is praised for balancing truth, nuance, and independence amid political shifts. The piece recalls his defiant stance against tyranny and his shift from TV to writing.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Eric Sevareid
CBS Evening News
The
Republic
Sevareid
Bill Moyers
CBS
Bennington 1937 Year in Review Highlights
Forty years ago December 2 1937 a venison dinner honored Home Furniture Co staff at Max Fienberg camp with chefs Harry Fienberg and Feliz Galgas. The Vermont Symphony Orchestra received praise from William van de Vall of the American Association for Adult Education after a New York City visitor hailed the concert. Frank Mix cousin of Tom Mix returned as an expert hand engraver of jewelry. Charles Marra’s Shoe Shop offered a glimpse of Bennington in bygone days.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Max Fienberg
South Stream Road
The
Home Furniture Co
Harry Fienberg
Feliz Galgas
Vermont Symphony Orchestra
Alan Carter
William van de Vall
American Association For Adult Education
van de Vall
New York City
Frank Mix
Tom Mix
Bennington
Frank Marra
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Crosstown
John Chancellor
David Brinkley
ABC
Barbara
Harry
Christian Science Publishing Society
Goodnight
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Washington
University of Minnesota
Hedley Donovan
Time Magazine
Harrison Salisbury
New York Times
Phil Potter
Minneapolis Journal and Tribune
New York
Velva
N.C
Walter Cornkite
St. Joseph
Dan Rather
Wharton, Tex
Roger Mudd
University of North Carolina At Chapel Hill
James Reston
N.Y
Times News Service
Elmer Davis
Ed Murrow
Davis
Elmer
Indiana
William Hazlitt
Burlington Free Press
Bennington College
Dance Workshop
Phaedra
College Theatre
Walloomsac
Furnace Brook
Vermont State Water Conservation Board
Thomas Lausville
Bernard Bellemare
Mauhs
Robert Condon
New Englander
Bennington Road
Superior Motels, Inc
John Brown
Harper’s Ferry
Virginia
Fidel
Castro
Cuba
Henry Ford
Bennington Banner
Manchester Ctr
Filic
Main St
Santa Claus
Re *Ahere
Elphie
Elf
Monument Plaza
Northside Drive
Bennington, Vermont
Santa’s
Woolworths
This
Bennington Travel
Come
Canada
Eastern Airlines
Evems
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Bobbie Brooks Charisma
Bobbie Brooks
Neal Ol
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