Word: casuals
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...Corson sees it, was something worse than a defeat: it was a failure. And this failure, like a bad marriage that does not end, has demoralized, corrupted and embittered, as a simple defeat would not have. Viet Nam is the name of a catastrophe to the spirit. A fatally casual adventure-in-excess has done to America, he argues, what crossing the Rhine did to the Roman Empire in 6 A.D., what invading Holland did to Spain in the 16th century. The final consequence is a "devaluation in national identity," a collective loss in self-esteem that has left Americans...
Playgirl, billed as "The Magazine for Women," takes the much more relaxed, casual view of what the new woman wants. Created by a night-club owner from Southern California, Playgirl features rugged, virile men generally entertained by some healthy sensual young women. Articles like "Should your Doctor be your Lover?", "Playgirl interviews Rock Hudson," "Anatomy of a live Sex Show" and "The Cosmic Orgasm" are heralded on the cover to entice readers...
...notes about how to play football and organized them in a remarkable book, faithful to the simple and relentless Lombardi vision of the game. Flynn's presentation is very technical-and properly sweaty. The text is a filigree of football diagrams and terminology not intended for the casual armchair aficionado. But for anyone who is familiar with the intricate levels of the professional game and likes to see it described, the book can offer an approximation of what it might have been like to spend a week learning football from the master himself. For the dedicated fan, player...
...drama played out here was not a fantasy contrived to satisfy a casual fancy for morbid amusement; it was real, permanent and tragic...
...first group of casual listeners, then you will be easy to satisfy. The special combinations--package, amplifier, tuner, turntable and speakers--represent excellent buys. Clip out newspaper advertisements and then visit a few stores to see and listen. The turntable--usually a Garrard--and receivers will be decidedly mediocre. The real difference will be in the speakers. Don't go near any combination system with what look and sound like $20 speakers. Sound from a stereo can only be as good as the signal from the weakest component in the system; it's a waste of money to get decent...