Word: astonishment
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...clandestine fraternity and more like an open society. New sensations would seem impossible to find, and few, if any, are contained in the latest CIA exposé by former Agent Philip Agee. His book, Inside the Company, is a sheaf of accusations and recollections that can no longer astonish a world grown familiar with the vagaries of secret services. Nevertheless, Agee's tales are worth attention, less for their shock value than for the descriptions of a subterranean arena...
Housing costs, however, vary so strikingly from one part of the country to another, and even from city to city within the same region as to astonish many families on the move. The reasons are be wilder ingly diverse, but there are some common themes. Generally, prices are lowest in the South and Southwest, where most houses are built without basements, although prices have been rising rapidly in fast-growing Houston. Lack of population growth in St. Louis and Philadelphia and easy access to lumber supplies in the Northwest have held prices down there. On the other hand, high land...
...transvestism are set forth in mime and in music. On opening night Mick Jogger sent Kemp a basket of lilies, and the critics sent Kemp a bouquet of reviews in which outrage mingled with fascination. "I don't want to shock people," retorts Kemp. "I want to astonish them." He has been deeply influenced by French Playwright Jean Genet and Mime Marcel Marceau. "To me," says Kemp airily, "mime is not about climbing up the stairs but about what you find when...
Clark Clifford, an adviser to several Presidents, remembers that "on Truman's desk was the famous sign 'The Buck Stops Here,' and there was another sign quoting Mark Twain: 'Always do right. This will gratify some people and astonish the rest.' That is what Mr. Truman did." Clifford can still hear the ring of Truman's voice in 1948 when his Gallup was at 36%, and he was told he faced certain political defeat unless he changed his stance on civil rights to woo the South. "I am not going to change one single...
...Verona) and Neil Simon (The Prisoner of Second Avenue and one of TIME'S top ten of 1972, The Sunshine Boys). When Mr. Shakespeare's representative announced that he was unavailable, Associate Editor Stefan Kanfer settled for an interview with Neil Simon. At 45, Simon retains the astonished demeanor of a man who has just heard a loud noise. It is probably the sound of a cosmic cash register. In nine years Simon has become a theatrical legend. His second play, Barefoot in the Park, grossed more than $9,000,000 and played in 14 languages (plus television...