Word: answerable
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...knew already how the conversation would run, for he had participated in countless similar dialogues. His old friend would say "Hi, Vag. Say, where are you going to school now?" And Vag would answer "Harvard." "What are you studying there?" Old Friend would ask. "Oh, I'm a liberal arts student," Vag would reply. "I guess you might say I'm sort of a history major...
...shuddered as he spotted an old friend walking down the street toward him. He was always some-what apprehensive at these chance encounters, for he had learned long ago that old friends had a way of asking very-hard-to-answer and sometimes embarassing questions...
What does a blacked-out city look like to a modern reconnaissance airplane, or to the computing ego of a guided missile boring down from space? Answer: if viewed with up-to-date infra-red equipment, it stands out like a neon sign. Its smokestacks shine like lighthouses; its highways gleam like long bright lines. Nothing can be securely concealed if it is a few degrees warmer or colder than other things around...
...interview. (Sample questions: What does a man feel when he faces a decision that might mean the difference between peace and war? How do you reconcile the doctrine of massive retaliation with the Christian ethic?) Though NBC rudely cut the Bible-quoting Secretary off in the middle of an answer (to plug other NBC shows), the net result was good human drama, "After all," says Agronsky, "this is show business. The interviewer is part actor and must work in dramatic terms...
Preservation Problem. In Milwaukee, after Tavern Owner Edwin Andrzejewski, 42, indignantly affirmed that the drinks on his bar were leftovers from the day before, he was booked for selling liquor on election day when he failed to answer a policeman's question: "The ice cubes...