Word: blob
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...acquiescence of blacks before a racist society. Sarris was more concerned with savaging the do-gooder who confronts them. (I'd think even a New York conservative would find these sentiments uncomfortable.) Sarris's statement, "only the teacher has a private destiny, whereas the students are a clustered blob of oppressed humanity," betrays his critical carelessness. For Conrack is always exhorting his kids to learn, to achieve, "to be Caesar or nothing...
...Blob. 1958. Steve McQueen. A jellyfish. Quintessential. CH.5. 11:30 p.m. Color...
After the Jupiter flyby, astronomers -including the Skylab astronauts -turned their attention back to Kohoutek. "She's still coming at us," reported Skylab Commander Gerald Carr, noting that the fuzzy blob was getting bigger all the time. In the weeks ahead, the Skylab crew will keep Kohoutek under virtually constant watch in order to spot any structural changes in the comet as quickly as possible. The astronauts will also lug some of their cameras outside to get the best possible pictures during three space walks-on Christmas Day just before the comet ducks behind...
...pages devoted to the fad; a recent issue listed such hot items as Ezra Brooks' Big Bertha ($25), Beam's Gold Fox ($95), Dr. Seth Arnold's cough killer ($2), Dr. Fenner's Kidney & Backache Cure ($14) and a (misspelled) bottle of Kalamasoo heavy blob soda ($9.50). Of the moderns, Avon cologne and perfume bottles are most popular; an International Avon Collectors organization, headquartered in Mesa, Ariz., informs members of new issues. Novice collectors can seek guidance in books like Collecting Bottles, which covers the field, or Fruit Jars, which gets down to such specifics...
...entire experience was summed up by Harold Hothan. "Before I went," he said, "all of Eastern Europe was one big blob. Most of what I had heard about it I dismissed as American propaganda. Wow, was I naive...