Word: bags
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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Sociologists customarily stalk elephantine generalities in exotic latitudes-from the South Seas to the cold-water jungles of Manhattan. In Daedalus, Big Game Sociologist David (The Lonely Crowd) Riesman breaks form by potshooting in his own backyard: the academic world. Samples of his mixed bag: ¶ Although some students maintain "a posture of contempt for business and a belief that, in contrast, teaching offers integrity, the life of the businessman and the life of the professor have become less and less distinct. The professor is no longer to be regarded as a stuffy fellow. He has become...
...investigators' recommendations for eliminating these bedside cesspools are formidable: put ice-cube makers in microbe-free areas, bag the ice mechanically and store it at 20° F.; dispense ice with tongs; use wide-mouthed carafes, of types that can be sterilized with heat, and have skilled help do this job daily in the diet kitchen. The researchers note wryly that hospital personnel spend hours figuring out just what quantity of fluids a patient gets-so why" not pay a little attention to the quality...
...mere nothing compared to the buddy's own troubles. He, it seems, married a snaggle-toothed bag to secure his position in her father's firm, but she left him, and, even worse, the old tightwad gave him only one raise in six years. Eventually their respective spouses return, and after a helpful exchange of advice, the couples retire to patch up their differences in classic fashion. "Honey," pleads the patient buddy just before the final curtain, "please don't put that Vicks Vapo Rub on your chest...
...revelation to the author. For the first time Playwright Williams decided to take a crack at directing his own work, gave up the reins midway through rehearsals when he concluded sadly: "I can't direct my way out of a paper bag...
...Going further with that power of suggestion," Shelley continues, "you recall the little slot behind the seat in front of you? There's one item in this little slot which is the most ominous item in the whole damn plane. It's a little, innocent-looking white bag. There are instructions on the back in three different languages, French, Italian and Hebrew. And all they're saying, freely translated, is Tn here, slob. In here...