Word: carte
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...Conrad sees disastermania in sociological terms. In a recent review of 20 catastrophe books for the quarterly Book Forum, she argued that disaster writing and entertainment are safety valves for hostility toward a complicated culture. Says Conrad: "For one exhilarating and guilt-free moment, the whole teeming supermarket cart of capitalist goodies is sent hurtling down the aisle and crashes through the façade." The films, in her view, also ease the dread of death, since there is comfort in knowing that everyone almost always dies together. Concludes Conrad: "The success of disaster entertainment is rooted deep...
...great philosopher because his thought was merely a reflection of conditions around him, colored by his own personality. Others, however, strongly support Hume's greatness on the ground that the force of his personality definitely affected the age in which he lived. It is not a question of the cart before the horse in either case, merely the old problem of which came first, the chicken or the egg. In any case, there is much to be said on both sides...
...fascinated for months merely observing the door-opening customs of the sexes in the South. Chris Kirby, a courthouse librarian in Orlando, hauls weighty law books all day long; not once during working hours, she complains, has a man ever opened a door for her, much less offered to cart the books. "But let me go out at night with nothing heavier than an evening bag," she goes on, "and three men will open the door for me. There's something about that I don't quite understand...
...another night Chris and Christina were roused from their beds to find a maniacal Joan cutting down her beautiful rose garden. They were then ordered with the servants to cart away the remains. "We were all scratched and bleeding," Christina says, "[but] Mother wouldn't let us stop until we were finished...
...stretches, however, obstacles restricted tunnel construction and special designs had to be employed. One was the MBTA subway line. Squeezed between the subway tunnel and Massachusetts Ave., the steam tunnel shrinks to a mere 3 1/2 feet in height. Workers must lie prone on a rolling flatbed cart and draw themselves along by means of a rope pulley system. Most maintenance men go above ground to avoid this segment, using the pull-cart only when they must...