The Age of the No No Negative Definition Essay
A 1976 column by Melvin Maddocks in Boston examines how negative definitions shape culture and politics. It argues that the 1970s lean on stating what things are not, from politics to love, and laments the era's lack of positive, clear definitions. It cites phrases like not crook and not having to say you're sorry to illustrate the prevalent mood.
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Plato
Aristotle
Mencius
Louise
Yale
The
Ocean
Saga of Gary Gilmore prompts Utah execution call
The Gary Mark Gilmore case, a Utah inmate sentenced to die for two gas station killings, raises debate over justice and deterrence. The essay urges public execution as a civic act to honor victims David Jensen and Bennie Bushnell and to deter future criminals.
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Gary Mark Gilmore
Gilmore
Utah
Gary Gilmore
David Jensen
Jensen
Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints
Brigham Young
Bennie Bushnell
Provo
Bushnell
Earnest van den Haag
Bennington area notes deer season risks and local events
Chief Louis J. Aubuchon warns parents to control youngsters outdoors before deer season as hunters with high powered rifles gather. The piece also lists readings at Bennington College by Muriel Rukoyser Robert Fitzgerald and James Agee, local heritage visits at Walloomsac Battlefield, and various civic events including a Lions dinner with Congressman Prouty.
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Louis J. Aubuchon
Bennington College
Muriel Rukoyser
Robert Fitzgerald
James Agee
William Foster
Walloomsac
Bennington
Winston Prouty
Vermont
Washington
John Spargo
Old Bennington
Athena Club
Burlington
Alger Hiss
Washington, D.C. Post
House Un-American Activities Committee
Hiss
Miss Spargo
Benedict Arnold
Northeastern governors press Carter for vast aid plan
Democratic governors of seven states urge the Carter administration to back sweeping measures to revive their faltering economies. Their shopping list includes guaranteed family income and a large public corporation able to raise up to 16 billion with federally guaranteed bonds while avoiding responsibility for their own fiscal choices.
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Carter
Coalition
Georgia
Massachusetts
Michael Dukakis
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Patrick J. Buchanan
N.Y
Times News Service
A. Hitler
Whittaker Chambers
Chambers
Communist Party
Lottery Commission
Edward J. Speno
Nassau County
New York State
Time Inc
Time
James A. Linen
Vermont Tissue Co
Norman Turgeon
U.S. Security Council
U Thant
Belgium
Congo
Lee Harvey Oswald
John F. Kennedy
Jack Ruby
Dallas
Vladivostok
Ford
Leonid Brezhnev
Wall Street Journal
E.g. Mahar & Son, Inc. Funeral Home
Main
Order OF the Golden Rule
Fishman’s
FBI
VV Arte
Syrah
Main St. Bennington
Brat Oriental
Sarah
Monsanto
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