You know, this is really a beat generation." The origins of the word "beat" are obscure, but the meaning is only too clear to most Americans. More than mere weariness, it implies the feeling of having been used, of being raw. It involves a sort of... Gleaning Significant Facts from Passages: Theme 5, Reading - Page 124 by Charles J. Gadway, National Assessment of Educational Progress (Project) - 1973 - 207 pages Full view -
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