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1 " Today's Europeans and Americans who reached the age of awareness after midcentury when the communications revolution lead to expectations of instantanaiy are exasperated by the slow toils of history. They assume that the thunderclap of cause will be swiftly followed by the lightening bolt of effect. "
― William Manchester , The Last Lion: Winston Spencer Churchill: Visions of Glory, 1874-1932
2 " The very act of accepting her position at Mademoiselle was an act of open defiance against Dick Norton, his entire family, and the gendered expectations of midcentury America. "
― Elizabeth Winder , Pain, Parties, Work: Sylvia Plath in New York, Summer 1953
3 " The words 'Space Age' have a quaint, nostalgic tone - sitting on midcentury modern furniture watching 'The Jetsons.' "
